198 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [MAY 5, 



No. 1. No. 2. 



Iron 87.69 89.22 



Nickel 11.26 9.37 



Cobalt 62 .53 



Copper 05 .04 



Phosphorus 19 .19 



Sulphur 10 .08 



Silica 03 .01 



99.94 99.44 



No. 1 and No. 2 are taken from different places; the results 

 show it to be very variable in composition. 



The meteorite from Lick Creek, Davidson County, N. C. 

 {Am. Jour. Sci., III., Vol. XX., p. 324, 1880), and that of Linn- 

 ville Mountain, North Carolina {Am. Jour. Sci., III., Vol. 

 XXXVL, Oct., 1888), did not show the Widmanstatten figures; 

 and as this is an entire mass, it is evidently a distinct fall. 



The writer is indebted to Mr. Donald MacRae, of Wilmington, 

 N. C, for his courtesy in assisting him in obtaining both the 

 iron and the information regarding it. 



ON" THE METEORIC STONE FROM FERGUSON, HAYWOOD 

 COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. 



BY GEORGE F. KUNZ. 



Mr. W. A. Harrison, of Ferguson, N. C, says that at about six 

 o^clock on the evening of July 18th, 1889, he noticed a remark- 

 able noise west of him, and that fifteen minutes later he saw 

 something strike the earth. On examination, this proved to be 

 a meteoric stone, so hot that he could scarcely hold it in his 

 hand five minutes after it fell. Two-thirds of its bulk was 

 buried in the earth when found. This stone was sent to the 

 writer, and was unfortunately lost in New York City during 

 the month of December. 



The stone was slightly oblong, covered with a deep, black 

 crust, which had been broken at one end, showing a great chon- 

 dritic structure with occasional specks of iron. Its weight was 

 about eight ounces; and it very closely resembled the meteoric 

 stone from Mocs, Transylvania. It remained in the writer's 

 possession so short a time that it was not properly investigated; 

 but still the mere mention of a fall which had been so carefully 

 observed is thought to be worthy of publication. 



