ELISHA MITCHELL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. 



69 



Meteoric Iron. — A new mass of aieteoric iron has been 

 announced as found on the Linville Mountain.* It is small, 

 weij;hs about one pound and is very much rusted. It has been 

 analyzed by Whitfield with the following results: 



Iron, 



Nickel, 



Cobalt, 



Sulphur, 



Carbon, 



84.56 



14.95 



0.33 



0.12 



trace. 



99.96 



A twenty-six pound mass of meteoric-iron has just been 

 placed in the State Museum from Rockingham county, and it is 

 considered to be a portion of the same meteorite of which, in 

 1866, Professor Kerr secured an eleven-pound mass in the same 

 region. 



Meteoric Stone. — The largest stone of the Nash county 

 "fall'' of May 14th, 1874, came into the writer's possession in 

 1886. It weighs about twelve pounds. Dr. Sill (on whose 

 land it was seen to fall) had carefully preserved it, and for 

 twelve years he had refused to part with its possession to any 

 one. It is the next largest meteoric stone known to have fallen 

 in the State, that of Cabarrus county being somewhat heavier. 



XANTHiTANEf (a mineral resulting from the alteration of 

 titanite). — It is found abounding in a disintegrated pegmatite near 

 Green River Station, in Henderson countv. Its color is yellow, 

 of different shades. The form is that of titanite, though well 

 preserved crystals are rare. Density 2.48 — 2.94. 



An analysis by Mr. L. G. Eakinsf (U. S. Geol. Survey) lately 

 completed is here appended. It was made on air-dried material : 



*Am. Jour, Sei., XXXVI, Oct., 1888, Kiinz. 



tAm. Jour. Soi., XXII, 96, 1850. 



JL. c, March 3, 1888, from F. W. Clarke. 



