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37. 1889: CLARKE. The meteorite collection, etc. Kept. Smithsonian Inst., 1885-1886, pt. II, p. 257: "57. Locality 



unknown. Partially described by Shepard in 1881. Found without record in the old Smithsonian Collection. 

 Specimen nearly entire, weighing 3,510 grams." 



38. 1890: FLETCHER. Mexican meteorites. Mineral. Mag., vol. 9, pp. 99, 103, 104-113, 113-118, 119, and 174-175. 



39. 1890: EASTMAN. Met. Astron., pp. 318 (Couch), 320 (Fort Duncan), 322 (Santa Kosa, Butcher, and Coahuila). 



40. 1890: BREZINA. Ueber Meteoreisen Oesterr. Zeitschr. f. Berg- u. Hiittenw., Bd. 38, No. 31, p. 358. 



41. 1891: COHEN and WEIKSC'HENK. Meteoreisen-Studien. Ann. k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, Bd. 6, pp. 131, 



159, and 164. 



42. 1892: EASTMAN. The Mexican meteorites Bull. Philos. Soc. Washington, vol. 12, pp. 42-43. 



43. 1892: LINCK. Ueber die Zwillingsbildung und den orientierten Schimmer am gediegen Eisen. Zeitschr. f. Kry- 



stallogr., Bd. 20, p. 215. 



44. 1892: COHEN. Meteoreisen-Studien. Ann. k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, Bd. 7, p. 158 (Cu). 



45. 1893: MEUNIER. Envision des fers me't4oriques, pp. 14, 15, 17, 19, and 21-22 (illustration of an etched plate). 



46. 1894: COHEN. Meteorisen-Studien III. Ann. k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, Bd. 9, pp. 102-104, 104-107, 116, 



117, and 118 (rhabdite). 



47. 1895: BREZINA. Wiener Sammlung, pp. 290-291. 



48. 1895: COHEN. Meteorisen-Studien IV. Ann. k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, Bd. 10, pp. 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 



and 93. 



49. 1896: DERBY. Estudo sobre o meteorite de Bendego Arch. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro, vol. 9, pp. 158-160. 



50. 1898: HARTLEY and EAMAGE. A spectrographic analysis of iron meteorites, etc. Proc. Roy. Dublin Soc., new 



ser., vol. 8, pp. 703-710. 



51. 1899: DAVISON. Platinum and iridium in meteoric iron. Amer. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., vol. 7, p. 4. 



52. 1904: WARD. Catalogue of the Ward-Coonley collection, p. 8. 



53. 1905: COHEN. Meteoritenkunde, Heft 3, pp. 173-195. 



Cocke County. See Cosby Creek. 



COLFAX. 



Colfax township, Rutherford County, North Carolina. 



Here also Ellenboro. 



Latitude 35 18" N., longitude 81 47' W. 



Iron. Medium octahedrite (Om), of Brezina. 



Found, 1880; described, 1890. 



Weight, 2.2 kgs. (5 Ibs.). 



This iron was found, according to Eakins, 1 in the spring of 1880 or 1881' (latter part of 

 1880) by Amos Franklin while working on the farm of Mrs. E. W. Dedmon, of Colfax Town- 

 ship, Rutherford County, North Carolina. As it was found on the ground immediately after 

 plowing it had evidently been turned up by the plow. It was thrown on a wood pile near 

 by and frequently beaten with an axe. A small piece was broken off February 7, 1890, and 

 sent to Dr. Stuart W. Cramer, of the U. S. Assay Office at Charlotte, N. C., who identified it 

 as meteoric iron. 



Kunz 2 describes the mass as weighing 72 Troy ounces, which would equal 2,240 grams, or 

 about 5 pounds avoirdupois, and as having the size and shape of a double gourd with three or 

 four indentations. Eakins 1 gives the length as 150 mm., the diameter of the ends as 75 mm., 

 and that of the middle as 50 mm. He also states that the iron etches readily, and that Wid- 

 mannstatten figures showed on a polished face before etching. Kunz 2 states that octahedral 

 cleavages are also visible. 



Analyses: I and II, Cramer: 2 III, Eakins. 1 



I II III 



Fe 87. 69 89. 22 88. 05 



Ni 11. 26 9. 37 10. 37 



Co 62 .53 .68 



Cu 05 .04 .04 



P 19 .19 .21 



S 10 ' .08 .08 



Si... .03 .01 .02 



99. 94 99. 44 99. 45 



About half the mass is preserved in the Field Museum collection; the remainder is some- 

 what distributed. 



