P^LISHA MITCHFAAj SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. 35 



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AsHEviLEE Meteorite. 



Locality — Asheville, Buncombe county. Analyal — Shepard. 



This meteorite was presented by Dr. J. F. E. Hjirdy to Dr. 

 C. U. Shepard for examination. It weighed between nine and 

 ten ounces, and had been detached from a rounded mass nearly as 

 large as a man's head, which mass was found loose in the soil about 

 five or six miles west of Asheville, on the farm of a Mr. Eaird, 

 near the south-western base of an elevation of land five hundred 

 feet high. Dr. Hardy was of opinion that other masses existed 

 at the same place. 



The specimen had a distinctly crystalline structure, approach- 

 ing a flattened octahedron. The surface had a dissected or pitted 

 appearance, occasioned by the removal of portions of the external 

 laminte during its separation from the original mass. The cav- 

 ities were perfectly geometrical in shape, being rhomboidal, 

 tetrahedral, or in the figure of four-sided pyramids. Sections of 

 the external laminae loosened broke up easily into regular octa- 

 hedra and tetrahedra very exact in form. Some of the plates 

 separated into leaves nearly as thin as mica, and delicately sti- 

 cated in every direction. 



The specific gravity of different pieces varied from 6.5 to 7.5, 

 and even as high as 8. 



ANALYSIS. 



I. 11. 



Iron 96.5 94.5 



Nickel 2.6 5. 



Silicon 5 0.3 



Chlorine 2 



Chromium ] 

 Sulphur 1 . . 

 Cobalt hnt'-aces. 



Arsenic J 



99.8 99.8 



Analysis I is taken from Am. Jr. Sc, Vol. xxxvi, p. 81. 

 Analysis II is also credited to Shepard, and is taken from 

 Clark's List, p. 55. It seems to be an analysis of the original 

 lump, from which the smaller fragment described above was 

 taken. 



