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7. Little Piney, ~_— 
F ‘ Feb. 13, 1839. Described by 
Herrick and SHep Veig ht lbs. 
‘ht about 50 
Section 2d. Cadrse grained. 
e 8. Weston, Connecticut, Fell Dec. 14, 1807. Described by 
Sinuiman, Sen. ., and Kinesiey. Weight about 300 Ibs. 
9. Richmond, Virginia Fell June 4, 1828. Described by 
Sueparp. Weight 
%e 
Order 2d. 
10. Bishopsville, South eta Fell March, 1843. Deseri- 
bed by Suerarp. Weight 13 lbs. ee ee 
APPENDIX. 
a. Waterville Maine. ae March, 1843. Described by 
Sueparp. Weight gent 4 
b. Concord, New mpshire, Fell Oct., 1846. Deserta 
Suton, Jr. Weight.3704 gr 
Before treating of these he ae it must be ob: 
aration from the common voleanic iiitierad (as well as “tim 
te st = 
hd 
The fatine turns blacle, reat fuses. easily before the blowpipe ; 
while the latter grows pale and is. infusible. Olivinoid is more 
easily attacked bythe acids than olivine :. moreover, it seems most 
le, from what is at present known of its composition, that 
the olivinoid i is throughout, a bisili¢ate, and not a simple silicate. 
I have distinguished another equally abundant earthy mineral 
i. in meteoric stones as new, under the name of howardite, whic 
. is detected in consequence of its existing in an almost perfectly ‘ 
,* insulated state in the Iowa stone. This will be described t in a 
i the account now to be given of that meteorite. om 
a 
: Linn Co., Towa. 
I have given the principal facts eeeuaine the fall of stones at 
this locality, in the Amer. Journ. of Science, ii ser., Vol. iv, 
p. 288. It is only peuieied to add, that the small sri seen 
to fall, was picked up on the’ land of Mr. Daniel C. Ro: 
situated on section 21, township 82 north, range 6 west. 
larger” portion of the ‘fallen meteor*was fou nd in sec 
from a mile to a mile and a half, west. ‘This consisted | 
masses and not as first supposed, of the fragments | yf 
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