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Rose " grouped Nobleboro with Luotolax as a howardite, but stated that the Berlin speci- 

 mens were too small for further study. 



Reichenbach 10 expressed doubt of the correctness of Webster's analysis and described 

 Nobleboro as holding a middle position between two other classes, the first of which consists of 

 finely rounded globules, the second of angular, sometimes sharp-edged, irregular, and more or 

 less broken fragments. Nobleboro and others like it, he says, are composed of globules and 

 broken fragments placed side by side. 



Wadsworth n classified Nobleboro as a peridotite and described it as fragmental in char- 

 acter, closely resembling a trachytic or rhyolitic ash. He remarks that Webster's analysis is 

 probably incorrect and that the meteorite ought to be reexamined chemically and studied 

 microscopically. 



Brezina 12 grouped the meteorite as a howardite. 



Wiilfing 1S records the existence of only 78 grams of the meteorite, of which 60 grams are 

 possessed by the University of Halle. He remarks the desirability of an analysis. 



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Nuevo Leon. See Coahuila. 



OAKLEY. 



Logan County, Kansas. 



Latitude 38 55' N., longitude 101 0' W. 

 Stone. Crystalline chondrite (Ck) of Brezina. 

 Found 1895; described 1900. 

 Weight, 27 kgs. (61 Ibs.). 



This meteorite was described by Preston, 1 as follows: 



The aerolite described in this paper was found 15 inilea southwest of Oakley, Logan County, Kansas, by Charles 

 Hicks, in the spring of 1895. He discovered it at a depth of about 3 feet below the surface, while plowing on his 

 farm. 



Mr. Hicks states that it fell on February 20, 1894, about 11 p. m., and seemed to come from the northeast. It did 

 not appear to burst before striking the earth, and, as stated above, was found by him the following spring. As to the 

 date of fall of this meteorite Mr. Hicks is certainly mistaken, as will be shown later on. The mass passed from 

 Mr. Hicks into the hands of Prof. G. H. Failyer, of Manhattan, Kansas, from whom Prof. H. A. Ward, of Chicago, pur- 

 chased it in December, of 1899. 



Its weight, when received by Professor Ward, was 61 pounds 10 ounces, and was 7.5 by 10 by 12 inches in its 

 greatest diameters. One side of the mass was covered entirely with the original crust, a large portion of it being of a 

 dull black color, interspersed with numerous patches of yellowish-brown rust spots, due to the oxidation of the iron. 

 The opposite face showed the interior of the mass, a large flake, covering nearly three-quarters of the surface, having 

 been broken off evidently at the time the mass struck the earth, as the surface was much oxidized and had the appear- 

 ance of a very old break. Again, two-thirds of the edges were chipped, showing old fractures; while a large portion 

 of the face showing crust, with several of the fractured surfaces on the edges, were coated with a very thick deposit of 

 carbonate of lime. This could not have been deposited during the time that elapsed between the date of the fall, as 



