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nboiit it. Tt was probably set aside by Dr. Kerr for examina- 

 tion, but the coming on of his final illness prevented it. The piece 

 is about the size of a silver dollar, is still fairly bright; has evi- 

 dently been hammered out thin and weighs five grams. It gave 

 no figures on etching and a qualitative analysis revealed iron as 

 the only metal preseiit. It is probably of terrestrial origin. 



Present Possessor — N. C. State Museum. 



lO. 

 Caswell Meteorite. 



Locality — Caswell county. 



This stone fell at 2 p. M. on 30th January, 1810. It was 

 described by Bishop Madison (of Williamsburg, Virginia) as 

 resembling other meteoric stones, especially the one which fell at 

 Weston, Connecticut, in 1807. It was not only attracted by the 

 magnet, but was itself magnetic. 



Whether the stone is still preserved anywhere and who 

 possesses it is as little known as anything further with regard to 

 its characteristics. 



Literature— QiUh. Ann., 41, 1812, 449; Chladin, 291; Buchner, 27; Kerr 

 App., 56; Min. and Min. Loc, p. 13. 



11. 



Davidson Meteorite. 



Locality — Lick Creek, Davidson county. Analysts — Smitii and Mackintosh. 



This was found on July 19, 1879, by Mr. Gray W. Harris on 

 his laud near Lick Creek, Davidson county. It was somewhat 

 pear-shaped and weighed 2| pounds. Its outward color is dark 

 brown, not rusty. The original crust was almost entirely ham- 

 mered off by the finder, but a little remaining showed a peculiar 

 slaty lamellar structure and readily broke into fiakes. Some 

 cavities in this crust were lined with mammillary forms, and it 

 had many seams with a vitiTous luster. It failed to give the 

 Widmanstiitten figures. 



