60 BULLETIN 94, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



CROSS TIMBERS, RED RIVER, TEXAS. No. 96. 



Iron, Om. Thirteen grams from a mass, the principal part of 

 which, weighing 740| kilograms, is now in the museum of Yale Uni- 

 versity. Found about 1808. 



This is historically one of the most interesting of American me- 

 teoric irons. It was first made laiown to a white man (Capt. Anthony 

 Glass) in 1808, by Indians, who seem to have regarded it with vener- 

 ation, though apparently without recogniziug its origin. In 1810 it 

 was taken across the Brazos to the Red River and transported thence 

 by boat to New Orleans, whence it was shipped to New York, where 

 it passed into the possession of Col. George Gibbs and was by him 

 deposited in trust in the museum of the New York Lyceum. After 

 the death of Colonel Gibbs the iron was given to the museum of 

 Yale University, Connecticut, where it still remains. Analyses by 

 Shepard show it to consist of 90.02 of iron and 9.67 of nickel. 



References.— BrwG^'ii ]\iin. Journ., vol. 1, 1814, pp. 127 and 218. 

 Shepard, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 16, 1829, p. 217. See also vol. 27, 

 1835, p. 382. 



CTIERNAVACA, MEXICO. No. 447. 



Iron, Of. Irregular slice 100 by 120 by 10 mm., weighing 757 

 grams. 



CULLISON, PRATT COUNTY, KANSAS. No. 430. 



Stone, Cc. Slice weighing 277 gi-ams; mass showing original sur- 

 face, weighing 2,340. grams (pis. 18 and 19). Weight of original 

 mass 10.10 kilograms. Found 1911. Nothing is known regarding 

 fall. A very dense stone, nearly black, and the metallic points 

 scarcely visible except on polished surface. Mineral composition, 

 olivine, orthorhombic and monoclinic pyroxenes, and fragmentary 

 plagioclase feldspars, together with metallic iron and iron sulphide. 

 The slice shows a nodular mass some 10 by 17 mm., composed wholly 

 of twinned pyroxenes with a few grains of troilite. The chemical 

 and mineral composition, as determined by Whitfield, yielded results 

 as below : 



Per cent. 



Troilite (?) 6.00 



MetaUic iron 19.40 



Silicate minerals 74. 50 



Schreibersite . 10 



100.00 



