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who claimed to be the owner of the land, took me there, under 
the impression that I should be able to aid him in discovering a 
mine of pure iron near the spot, especially, as the mass of one 
hundred and twelve pounds was found in the same immediate 
vicinity. The search of course was to no purpose. ‘Tlie mass 
of one hundred and twelve pounds appeared to me to be identical 
in character with the fragments I have seen of that supposed to 
weigh a ton.” 
The sp. gr. of this iron, as given by Partsch, (Die Meteoriten, 
p. 151,) is 7:26. I have found that of the included magnetic 
iwon-pyrites, to be 4:454. 
Orpver T'uirv. Brittle. 
Section 1st. Pure. 
logical survey of North Carolina. It is spoken of by Prof. O., as 
urring in the vicinity of a bed of argillaceous iron ore. It is 
Color and lustre resembling those of mispickel. When etched, 
chloric acid, did not communicate any color to a bead of borax, 
which led to the suspicion that it was silicon. 
19. Bedford county, Pennsylvania—This variety was de- 
scribed in Vol. xiv, p. 183, (1828,) as native iron, slightly arsen- 
letted. It closely resembles the Randolph county specimen, 1n 
structure, color, hardness and lustre. Its sp. gr. = 6-915. In 
the few grains at my command for its examination, I have been 
unsuccessful in verifying the existence of arsenic, or of detecting 
the presence of any other metal, besides iron, Suill, its greater 
analogy to the Randolph iron than to any other terrestrial pro- 
duction, either natural or artificial, induces me to retain 1t 1m the 
category of meteorites. 
Section 2d. ALLOYED. 
20. Otsezo county, New York.—The precise locality of this 
Very curious iron cannot at present be given. It came into my 
Possession under the following circumstances. Two or three 
persons from Otsego county submitted a number of specimens to 
