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Literature — Scient. Res., p. 317, 410; Min, and Min. Loc, p. 15; Kerr 

 A pp., p. 56; Huntington, p. 



Present Possessors — London, 180.2 grams; Vienna, 4; Paris (Nat. Hist.), 104; 

 GoLtingen, 38; Dorpat, 17; Harvard, 160; Yale, 5.610; Nat. Mns., 91 ; Nat. 

 Mus. (Shep. Cab.,) 31.85; Calcutta, 16; Bailey, 11.4; Gregory, 40. 



18. 



Locality — Duel Hill, Madison county. Analyst — Burton. 



This mass was found in August, 1873. on the land of Robert 

 Farnesworth, near Duel Hill, Madison county. It was lying 

 on a hill-side where it had been used in supporting a corner of a 

 rail fence, which was quite decayed at the time of finding. It is 

 said to have weighed, when first found, about twenty-five pounds. 

 Two or three pounds were hammered off as specimens before it 

 fell in the hands of Prof Burton, who analyzed it. 



Mr. Farnesworth reported that a similar mass weighing about 

 forty pounds had been found about a tnile farther west, probably 

 about 1857, and had since disappeared. Efforts to find it again 

 were unsuccessful. 



This meteorite was of a rounded irregular shape, 9 x 6 J x 3J 

 inches, and weighed twenty-one pounds. On being etched, it 

 gave the usual markings, though indistinctly. Distinct particles 

 of schreibersite were irregularly disseminated over the surface. 

 Deliquescent beads of lawrencite were also to be seen. 



Specific gravity=7.46. 



Iron 94.24 



Nickel 5.17 



Cobalt 0.37 



Phosphorus 0.14 



Copper trace. 



Residue 0.15 



100.07 

 The residue contained Si02, Fe., Cr., Ni. and P. 



Literature— Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d Ser. xii, p. 439 ; Min. and Min. Loc, p. 15. 

 Present Possessors — London, 12 grams; Vienna, 160; Harvard, 222; Baum- 

 hauer, 29; Bailey, 3; Gregory, 1. 



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