9G BULLETIN di, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



This iron Avas investigated by Thomas Graham and found to yield 

 2.85 times its volume of gas, of which 85.68 was hydrogen, 4.46 carbon 

 monoxide, and 9.86 nitrogen. 



References. — W. S. Clark, Dissertation on Meteorites, 1852, p. 39. 

 T. Graham, Compt. Kend., vol. 64, 1867, p. 1067. 



LEXINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. No. 10. 



Iron, Og. Weight, 45 grams. Fragment showing octahedral struc- 

 ture. Date of fall unknown ; found 1880. Weight of original mass, 

 4,750 grams. 



Analysis yielded, for the iron : 



I'er cent. 



Iron (Fe), with traces of manganese (Mn) 02.416 



Nickel (Ni) 6.077 



Cobalt (Co) .027 



Insoluble matter . 264 



99. 684 

 Specific gravity, 7; of the iron freed from troilite and schreibersite, 



7.405. 



Reference. — C. U. Shepard, Meteoric iron from South Carolina. 



Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 21, 1881, p. 117. 



LICK CREEK, DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. No. 413. 



Iron, H. Irregular mass, 35 by 18 by 12 mm., weighing 18 grams, 

 from a mass weighing 1.24 kilogi-ams, found in 1879. 



LIME CREEK, NEAR CLAIBORNE, MONROE COUNTY, ALABAMA. No. 379. 



Iron, H. A slice, 8 by 5 by 2 cm., weighing 523 grams, from a mass 

 weighing 40.888 kilograms. Found about 1833 or 1834, and nothing 

 known regarding fall. The iron is of historical interest, being the 

 first in which iron protochloride was discovered, which was later 

 named lawrencite. 



References. — C. T. Jackson, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 34, 1838, p. 332 ; 

 also vol. 48, 1845, p. 145. 



LIMERICK, ADARE, IRELAND, No. 246. 



Stone, Cga. Weight, 24 grams. Fragment from interior, show- 

 ino- black veins and slickensided surfaces. Fell September 10, 1813, 

 about 6 o'clock in the morning. Original weight, 106 pounds, accord- 

 ing to Wiilfing. The composition, as made out by Apjohn, is : 



Per cent. 



Iron and nickel 23. 07 



Pyrrhotite 4. 38 



Chromite 3. 34 



Earthy matrix 68. 47 



Alkalies and loss • 74 



100. 00 



