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stone was. slightly oblong, covered with a deep black crust which 

 had been broken at one end, showing a great chondritic structure 

 with occasional specks of iron. Its weight was about eight 

 ounces and it very closely resembled the meteoric stone from 

 Moos, Transylvania. It was unfortunately lost in New York 

 before examination. 



Literature — Mitchell Soc, Vol. vii, p. 29. 



15, 16, 17. 



Madison Meteorites. 



Locality — Duel Hill, Madison county. Analysis— ^m'xih and Burton. 



There are several meteoric masses attributed to Duel Hill and 

 to Jewel Hill, Madison county. The similarity of these names 

 in pronunciation, and apparent confusion between them, led to 

 inquiry as to their exact location. The result of the inquiry is 

 that at present no Jewel Hill is known in this county. There 

 was a Jewel Hill, at one time the county-seat, but its name was 

 changed to Duel Hill and the county-seat removed to Marshall. 

 These two are therefore one and the same locality. 



Several masses have been found there. 



No. 16. Found in 1856 and recorded as preserved in the 

 Amherst collection. It weighed forty pounds. No analysis has 

 been found. Amherst has two pieces — one of 600 grams and 

 one of 167 J grams. 



No. 17. This meteorite was presented to Dr. Smith in the 

 year 1854 by Hon. T. L. Clingman. It came from Jewel Hill, 

 Madison county, of that State. There was a great deal of thick 

 rust on the surface, with constant deliquescence from chloride of 

 iron. Its form and surface indicated that it was entire. Its 

 dimensions were 7 by 6 by 3 inches, with a number of inden- 

 tations. Its weight was eight pounds thirteen ounces. The 



analysis gave : 



Iron 91.12 



Nickel 7.82 



Cobalt 43 



Phosphorus 08 



Copper trace. 



99.45 



