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TABLE 2.—Largest individual iron meteorites found in the United States 
Name State 
Wallamette., 6.7.5.0... Oregon. jc cc 
INavajouiret atte INevadam rea: 
Quinn Canyon....... INevadatyeieya ice 
Goose Lake.......... Calitomianeneee 
Sardis. ho.tar ct tesiney cir Georgia = Seni. 
Red Ruvers**. <2... ten Wexas te list 
(Pucsons ssh os eee ATIZONAe ee Eee 
Drum Mountains..... Witalhaar cierewse 
hk Location of specimen 
14,175 | American Museum of Natural His- 
tory. 
1,503 | Chicago Natural History Museum. 
1,450 | Chicago Natural History Museum. 
1,169 | United States National Museum. 
800 | United States National Museum. 
743 | Yale University. 
688 | United States National Museum. 
529 
United States National Museum. 
TABLE 3.—Largest stony meteorites found in the United States 
Name 
Witnessed 
known Weight 
weight of largest | Date of fall Remarks 
in ke piece 
Norton County, Kans.-Furnas | 1, 038.5 966.0 | 2-18-1948 | 1,000 fragments. 
County, Nebr. 
ParagouldipArkér: 26 steels. i: 409.0 372.7 | 2-17-1930 
Fsthervilleslowarrem ae eee 26h O 198.0 | 2-10-1879 
New Concord, Ohio........... 227.0 46.8 | 5— 1-1860 
Holbrook. vAnizeniene ere ZU SOR ctererenrrceepere 7-19-1912 | 14,000 individuals. 
Homestead, Iowa: ...2.:.4.2:: 210.0 33.6 | 2-12-1875 
iWiestonConniisariericien scene 150. 0 
Icong, Island) Kansijs-.)a2 2. - 579.0 
Plainviewsrhexrens scl. aeiiee ae 520.0 
Estacadonliexi sic 5 po feasoneo 412.0 
Fugoton.yicansiemee eee 340. 0 
Morland tisans< see perce 283.0 
Boisei@ity, Oklawks «Asie = - 181.9 
Kimble County; mlexa. sor 153.8 
IMciKkanneyAnliexcry- peyton trai 152.0 
91.0 |12-14-1807 
Unwitnessed 
USS Abs «ees 4,000 individuals. 
SR Bees a 3 eee 500 individuals. 
290 alee rte 
BOD ealiccctsnee act pte se 
Lisssesss[eccesseees-| Many fragments. 
e! © 0, (o\sep iver [alileteie ofan yeleLe ene, 
* This meteorite was found in 4 principal pieces, all of which were in contact and evidently 
were lying in place. The 4 fit together to form an almost complete stone. The second- 
largest fragment weighed 160 pounds. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., vol. 39, pp. 169-183, 1936. 
ing to the available evidence, this iron 
probably fell in the beds from which 
it was dug in 1940 at the time these 
sediments were being deposited on the 
Atlantic Coastal Plain in Miocene 
times, estimated to be about 30,000,- 
000 years ago. The specimen, when 
recovered, scarcely resembled a me- 
teorite, its surface being so weathered 
and sand grains being so mixed with 
the alteration products that it looked 
more like an iron-stained sandstone. 
The excessive weight of the small 
pieces broken off led the finders to 
