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with a crust of several iiiilliinetres tlii(;kness. The surface is 

 irreguhirly pitted with broad, shallow pits. On beiii<^ polishc'<l 

 it gave faintly the Widnianstiitten figures. It belongs to the 

 class of sweating meteorites. 

 Analysis: 



Iron 87.01 



Phosphorus 04 



Silica 53 



Chh)rine 39 



Nickel n.69 



Cobalt 79 



100.45 



Literature — Amer, Jour. Sci., 3d Ser., 1890, p. 161 ; Mitchell Soc, vii, p. 29. 

 Present Possessor — N. C. State Museum. 



23. 



RUTHERFORDTON METEORITE. 



Locality — Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co. Analysts — Shepard, Rammelsberg. 



This was analyzed by Shepard, who found Fe.=84.00, Si.= 

 13.57, P.==1.31. He called it ''ferrosilicine.'^ A partial analy- 

 sis made in Wohler's laboratory gave Fe.=87.1, Si. =10.6, 

 C.=0.4. Rammelsberg on examiuiiig it declared it to be noth- 

 ing more than a piece of white pig iron of inferior quality. 



This is placed among pseudo-meteorites in the Catalogue of 

 the British Museum. 



Literature — Amer. Jour, Sci., 2d xxxiv, p. 298; Kerr Appendix, p. 56; 

 Clark, p. 67 ; J, prakt. chem., lxxxv, 87. 

 Present Possessor — Amherst (?) 



24. 



Rutherford Meteorite. 



Locality — EUenboro, Rutherford county. Analyst — Eakins. 



This iron was found in the latter part of 1880, on a farm near 

 EUenboro, Rutherford county, N. C. Its nature remained 

 unknown until February, 1890, when it was brought for exami- 

 nation to Mr. Stuart W. Cramer, of the U. S. Assay Office at 

 Charlotte, N. C. It seems to have weighed about 2i kilos. In 



