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The yellowish olivine grains consisted of silicic acid, linie, 

 magnesia and ferric oxide. 



This is })laced among the psendo-meteorites in the British 

 Mnseum, and does not seem to be recognized as a meteorite l)y 

 other anthoi'ities. 



Literature — Am. Jr. Sci., 2(1 Ser. iv, p. 79; Rep. Am. M., p. 25; Jalires- 

 ber, 1847-48, p, 1810; Buchner, p. 175; Ciark, 22; Min. and Min. Loc, \\. 

 14; Kerr Appendix, p. 56. 



Present Possessors — Yale, British Mnsenm. 



6. 



LiNviLLE Meteorite. 



Locality — Linville Mountain, Burke county. Analyst — Wliilfield. 



A mass of meteoric iron was found on Linville Mountain, 

 Burke county, about the year 1882. It was handed to a country 

 blacksmith in the vicinity, and, passing through several hands, 

 finally came into the possession of Geo. F. Kunz, Esq., of Xew 

 York. 



The original weight was 442 grams. It was 2-| inches long, 

 1|- inches high, and 2 J inches wide. One side was rather rough, 

 and the other pitted with very shallow pittings. Traces of the 

 black crust of magnetic oxide of iron were still visible. The 

 mass was not rusted, and small drops of chloride of iron were 

 noticed in the deep clefts, and in one of them was found a 

 spider's egg-case, suggesting either that the iron was a I'ccent 

 fall, or that it had been found on the surface of the ground. 



On being polished it gave a rich nickel color, and showed an 

 apparent net-work of two distinct bodies. The Wiclmanstatten 

 figures were not given on etching. The analyses gave : 



Iron 84.5() 



Nickel 14.95 



Col'alt 0.33 



iSnlf.liur 0.12 



, C'arbon .. trace. 



Piiosphorns , trace. 



99.96 



Literature — Am. Jour. 8c., 3d Ser. xxxvi, p. 275. 

 Present Possessor — Geo. F. Kunz, Esq. 



