Section IV, 1922 [187] Trans. R.S.C. 



The Blithfield Meteorite 

 By R. A. A. Johnston, F.R.S.C, and M. F. Connor, B.A.Sc.^ 



(Read at May Meeting, 1921) 



This meteorite was found by Mr. Joseph Legree on lot 20, con- 

 cession II of the township of Blithfield, Renfrew County, Ontario — 

 approximately latitude 45° 15' N.; longitude 76° 47' W. — on August 

 13th, 1910. 



Mr. Legree's attention was drawn to it by reason of one or two 

 metallic patches showing on its surface and thinking it might be a 

 piece of silver ore he broke it into fragments between hammer and 

 anvil. Some of the broken material was submitted to an assayer 

 for silver determination but with unsatisfactory results. A fragment 

 was later submitted to the senior author of this paper who, recog- 

 nizing the nature of the specimen, enlisted the good offices of Mr. 

 Legree iïi recovering as much as possible of the remaining fragments 

 which had fallen into the hands of several people; only two or three 

 pieces were eventually found to be missing — probably representing 

 the material used for assay purposes. The mass was reconstructed 

 as nearly as might be done from the fragments by Messrs. A. E. Foote 

 Company, Philadelphia, and an excellent model made from it. 



The fragments, as eventually brought together, weighed 1.83 

 kilogramme, the original mass probably weighed about 1.9 kilogramme 

 as not much more than 70 grammes could have been included in the 

 missing portions. 



In form this meteorite was an irregular block averaging 8X10X 

 13.5 centimetres in its measurements. 



As indicated by the fragments the crust must have been in a 

 perfect state of preservation when the meteorite was found. It was 

 smooth and glossy throughout and possessed of a dark brown colour 

 of varying intensity. 



Over about a third of the specimen, including portions of two 

 sides and one end, the surface was undulating and the corner and 

 edges were well rounded; the other end was flattish and bounded by 

 sharp edges ; over the remaining portion of the specimen the surfaces 

 were irregular and marked by relatively deep depressions, some cup 

 or saucer shaped, others in the form of angular grooves, and all rimmed 

 with moderately sharp edges. The crust covering the flattish end 

 and the more irregular parts of the specimen was quite uniform in 

 thickness and colour, but markedly thinner and of a paler tint than 

 ^Communicated by permission of the Deputy Minister of Mines. 



