﻿A 
  NEW 
  METEOEIC 
  STONE 
  FROM 
  BALDWYN, 
  MISSIS- 
  

   SIPPI 
  

  

  By 
  George 
  P. 
  Merrill 
  

   Head 
  Curator 
  of 
  Gpology, 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  of 
  America 
  

   in 
  Washington, 
  December, 
  1923, 
  the 
  present 
  writer 
  was 
  shown 
  by 
  

   Prof. 
  L. 
  C. 
  Glenn, 
  of 
  Vanderbilt 
  University, 
  Nashville, 
  Tenn., 
  a 
  

   beautifully 
  encrusted 
  meteoric 
  stone 
  weighing 
  about 
  345 
  grams, 
  

   which 
  fell 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Allen 
  Cox, 
  of 
  Baldwyn, 
  Miss., 
  February 
  

   2, 
  1922. 
  Concerning 
  it 
  Mr. 
  Cox 
  furnished 
  the 
  writer 
  the 
  following 
  

   information 
  : 
  

  

  This 
  meteoric 
  stone 
  fell 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  on 
  my 
  farm 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  

   northwest 
  of 
  Baldwyn, 
  Miss. 
  Ed. 
  Bush, 
  a 
  negro 
  tenant 
  on 
  my 
  place, 
  who 
  

   is 
  an 
  unusually 
  reliable 
  and 
  intelligent 
  darky 
  saw 
  it 
  fall 
  and 
  in 
  fact 
  it 
  

   did 
  not 
  miss 
  hitting 
  him 
  by 
  more 
  than 
  10 
  feet. 
  He 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  house 
  and 
  

   reported 
  it 
  to 
  me 
  and 
  I 
  went 
  with 
  him 
  and 
  picked 
  up 
  the 
  stone 
  which 
  had 
  

   buried 
  itself 
  about 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  inches 
  in 
  soft 
  clay. 
  It 
  was 
  still 
  hot, 
  not 
  

   hot 
  enough 
  to 
  burn, 
  but 
  very 
  decidedly 
  warm 
  and 
  gave 
  off 
  a 
  smell 
  very 
  

   much 
  like 
  brimstone 
  or 
  a 
  flint 
  when 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  struck 
  with 
  steel 
  and 
  sparks 
  

   have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  fly. 
  The 
  darky 
  had 
  been 
  so 
  badly 
  scared 
  tb«»t 
  he 
  had 
  Deen 
  

   afraid 
  to 
  touch 
  it. 
  He 
  said 
  his 
  attention 
  was 
  first 
  attracted 
  ijy 
  a 
  humming 
  

   noise 
  which 
  he 
  took 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  airplane 
  and 
  he 
  turned 
  to 
  look 
  ttito 
  the 
  sky 
  for 
  

   the 
  airplane 
  but 
  saw 
  nothing. 
  The 
  noise 
  increased 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  space 
  of 
  

   time 
  described 
  by 
  him 
  as 
  about 
  a 
  minute, 
  but 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  stwc 
  was 
  only 
  a 
  

   few 
  seconds, 
  a 
  rush 
  of 
  air 
  came 
  by 
  his 
  head 
  and 
  the 
  stone 
  buried 
  itself 
  near 
  

   his 
  feet. 
  He 
  did 
  not 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  see 
  the 
  actual 
  stone 
  until 
  it 
  hit 
  the 
  ground. 
  

   It 
  first 
  was 
  heard 
  in 
  a 
  northwesterly 
  direction 
  from 
  him 
  and 
  in 
  falling 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  an 
  arch 
  of 
  about 
  30 
  to 
  35 
  degrees 
  as 
  nearly 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  tell 
  from 
  the 
  

   location 
  he 
  gave 
  me 
  for 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  sound. 
  

  

  As 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  this 
  stone 
  has 
  thus 
  far 
  appeared 
  in 
  print, 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  writer, 
  with 
  Professor 
  Glenn's 
  permission, 
  cut 
  from 
  it 
  a 
  thin 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  following 
  description 
  was 
  prepared 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  stone 
  is 
  chondritic 
  though 
  the 
  structure 
  is 
  quite 
  indistinct. 
  

   The 
  single 
  thin 
  section 
  examined 
  shows 
  the 
  usual 
  fine 
  gunular 
  

   ground 
  with 
  irregularly 
  outlined 
  areas 
  of 
  larger 
  granules, 
  the 
  evi- 
  

   dent 
  residue 
  of 
  chondrules 
  partially 
  obliterated 
  through 
  metamor- 
  

  

  No. 
  2578— 
  Proceedings 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  Vol. 
  67, 
  Art. 
  6. 
  

  

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