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an ash colored earthy matter. This last was undoubtedly de- 
rived from the circumstance, that the mass was for a considerable 
time employed as a support for fuel in the fireplace of a farmer’s 
kitchen. Upon the under side, there adheres over a few inches, 
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acrust of an earthy, black amygdaloid, scarcely distinguishable, 
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nearly buried within the substance of the iron, a few grains of . 
dull, yellowish, gray olivine were noticed, similar to those foun 
grow smaller and more remote from one another. No deeper 
Section than one inch has yet been made in the mass; it is there- 
ore possible, that the central portions may be nearly compact. 
The fresh fracture has a color and lustre, intermediate between 
steel and magnetic iron-pyrites. Etched surfaces, excepting 
Where the structure is highly vesicular, exhibit the most delicate 
Widmannstattian figures, consisting of very minute and thickly 
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