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Metallic portion. 



TELIX, PERRY COUNTY, ALABAMA. No. 235. 



Stone, Cc. Weight, l,i08 grams. Principal mass with thin black 

 crust on all sides but one. (See plate 21.) Fell about 11.30 a. m. on 

 May 15, 1900. Weight of original mass, so far as known, 2,049 grams. 

 Flight was from east toward the west. First explosion a " very loud 

 report, followed by two lesser ones, the appearance being compared 

 to that of a big pan of red-hot iron being struck with a hammer, caus- 

 ing many sparks to fly in all directions." While in the air the stone 

 broke into three pieces, of which but one, the largest, was found. 

 Composition : 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 2.59' 



Nickel (Ni) -36 



Cobalt (Co) -08 



Copper (Cu) -01, 



Silica (SiO.) 33.57 



Alumina (AUO.,) 3.24 



Chromic oxide (Cr^Os) -80 



Ferrous oxide (FeO) 26.22 



Ferrous sulphide (FeS) 4. 7G 



Manganous oxide (MuO) -68 



Nickel and cobalt oxides (NiO and 



CoO) -• 1- ^1 



Lime (CaO) 5.45 



Magnesia (ISIgO) 19.74 



Potash (K=0) -14 



Soda (Na^O) -62 



Carbon (C) (graphite) .36 



Ignition (H^O) at 110° .16, 



Stony portion. 



99.79 



Mineral composition : 



Metal 



Troilite 



Chromite 



Graphite 



Soluble silicate (olivine in part) 72.60 



Insoluble silicate (enstatite and augite in part) 18. 07 



Per cent. 



3.04 

 . 4.76 



1.17 

 . 36 



100. 00 



Specific gravity, 3.78. 



Structure chondritic, tuf aceous ; color, dark, smoky gray. 



Reference.— GQOvgQ P. Merrill, On a new stony meteorite which fell 

 near Felix, Perry County, Alabama, May 15, 1900. Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 24, 1901, pp. 193-198. 



FINMARKEN, NORWAY. No. 329. 



Stony-iron, Pallasite. Slice 10 by 17 cm., weighing 595 grams. 

 Found in 1902. Date of fall unknown. Weight of original mass, 

 77.5 kilograms, or 170| pounds. 



