Description of three varieties of Meteoric Tron.. 357. 
of being acted upon by atmospheric agencies. A partial a 
sis has convinced me that it contains’ a notable es al 
nickel ; the other components I have not. ascertained. ies Oi 
me Meteoric Iron from Jackson County, “Tennessee. : : 
» Tam also indebted to my friend, S. Morgan, for the knowledge 
of a variety of meteoric iron which is found in Jackson County 
in this state. Mr. M. received only a sample of it, but its. histo- 
Ty, quantity and locality are still kept in profound secrecy, as it 
is: yet considered as silver and its owner 1s looking out for its 
original deposit. The piece in my possession weighs 15 ounces. 
{t is an accumulation of large crystals, some of an octahedral, 
Others of a tetrahedral form—of a very soft malleable iron. . Its 
bold:and solid. crystals distinguish it from the other Tennessee 
eels iron. 
» It-was sicmnenasdil by some jancace of the crust of mete~ 
ore iron weighing 31 ounces. It is a hydroxide of iron of a 
brown and yellow color, penetrated here and there with metallic 
iron and resembles the crust of the Sevier County i iron ; but the 
iron itself differs very much from the last name This 
crust and the bold crystalline structure; shows that. aa digi? 
mass must have been large. 
3. Meteoric Tron from Livingston County, Kentucky. 
oe Some six or seven years since a, piece of metal was handed 
me with the request that I would see how much silver it con- 
tained. When I told the person, who showed it, that it.did not 
Contain silver and was only iron, he became island and de- 
parted without answering my queries as to its locality, quantity, . 
ete. Some years after I received another piece of it from a dif- 
- ferent person. I convinced him that it was iron, but all the in- 
formation I could obtain was that an abundance of it was found, 
and as he intended to purchase the land on which it occurred, he 
refused to mention the locality but promised to send mea large 
Piece of it. ’The man did not keep his promise and I have not 
heard of him since. But some time last year Colonel Player 
Of Nashville mentioned to me that he had the offer of a tract of 
land on which such iron ore (showing the identical meteoric 
Won) was found in abundance—he thought it was ore of an ex- 
oats did not require any preparation’ and could 
