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The taenite plates lying between the kamacite blades were very narrow, but stood out in promi- 

 nent relief on the etched surface, and were fairly distinguishable by their bronze yellow color 

 from the tin-white kamacite. 



Two fissures, each about 25 mm. in length and averaging 1 to 2 mm. in width, crossed the 

 "sole" diagonally, and were filled with troilite. No rounded nodules of this mineral were to be 

 seen in the section. Several patches of schreibersite, rudely representing cuneiform characters, 

 were scattered throughout the etched surface. These were brighter and with denser surface 

 than the troilite, the latter being granular and less lustrous. 



Ananlysis (Owens) : * 



Fe Ni Co P S Si 



91.36 7.56 0.70 0.09 0.06 Trace =99.77 



Specific gravity, 7.06. 



The iron is chiefly preserved at Bucknell University. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1. 1892: OWENS. A meteorite from central Pennsylvania. Amer. Journ. Sci., 3d ser., vol. 43, pp. 423-424. 



2. 1902: WARD. Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci., vol. 4, p. 86. 



Bartlett Meteorite, see Tucson. 

 Bates County, see Butler. 

 Batesville, see Joe Wright. 



BATH. 



Brown County, South Dakota. 

 Here also Aberdeen, Dakota, 1892. 

 Latitude, 45 21' N.; longitude, 98 15' W. 



Stone. Brecciated spherical chondrite (Ccb) of Brezina. Type 38, Montrejite; second sub- 

 type, Limerickite, of Meunier. 

 Fell 4 p. m., August 29, 1892; described 1893. 

 Weight, 21.2 kgs. (46.75 Ibs.). 



This meteorite was described by Foote * as follows : 



On the 29th of August, 1892, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, while Mr. Lawrence Freeman and his son were 

 stacking hay upon his farm about 2 miles south of Bath, they were alarmed by a series of explosions. On looking up 

 they saw a meteoric stone flying through the air followed by a cloud of smoke. Its course waa easily traced to the 

 point where it fell, within about 20 rods from where they were standing. The stone penetrated the hardened prairie 

 to a depth of about 16 inches and when reached it was found to be so warm that it had to be handled with gloves. 

 Small pieces of an ounce or two each had apparently been blown off by the explosions, but the stone still weighed 

 46.75 pounds. One of these small pieces was found by some men not far distant and was broken up and distributed 

 among them. The explosions were plainly heard by a large number of persons at Bath, 2 miles away. At Aberdeen, 

 9 miles away, the sound was like that of distant cannonading. 



The exterior of the stone presents the usual black crust. The interior is described by 

 Foote * as quite close grained and containing nickel-iron abundantly disseminated through the 

 mass, in small grains, easily distinguished and separable on pulverizing. 



Brezina 3 describes the crust as primary, without marked orientation. He notes an abun- 

 dance of rounded nickel-iron crystals (cubes) from 2 to 5 mm. in length; and one nickel-iron 

 grain a centimeter in size, with a troilite inclusion. Many faint slipping surfaces, one concave 

 and ribbed like a Pecten, are noted by the same author and the chondri are stated to be of two 

 kinds: One yellow, reaching in some cases a diameter of 8 mm., and breaking in two easily; 

 the other smaller, not reaching above 1.5 mm. in diameter, dark and smooth and retaining 

 their form. 



This stone is quite generally distributed among collections. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1. 1893: FOOTE. Preliminary notice of a meteoric stone seen to fall at Bath, South Dakota. Amer. Journ. Sci., 



3d ser., vol. 45, p. 64. (With cut of stone.) 



2. 1893: BREZINA. Ueber neuere Meteoriten (Niirnberg), p. 162. 



3. 1895: BREZINA. Wiener Sammlung, p. 259. 



