330 Meteorites from New Mexico. 



(41 cm.) in length, 10 inches (24 cm.) in width, and 6-J- inches 

 (16 cm.) in thickness. About one-third of the surface of this 

 piece shows the remarkable rupture, the remainder being covered 

 with the pittings. On one corner there is a portion, 10 inches 

 by 6, which is evidently the spot where the mass struck the rock. 

 Here the pittings are flattened and the whole mass distorted and 

 curled over, giving it a radiated or fan-like appearance. The 

 front, or pitted, side of No. 2 is well exhibited in Plate XXI, 

 and the torn side in Plate XXIII, lower figure plate. 



No. 3 weighs 53J lbs. (24.263 kilos.), and measures 12 inches 

 (30 cm.) in length, 8^ inches (21 \ cm.) in height, and 6 inches 

 (15 cm.) in thickness in the thickest part. Over five-sixths of 

 the entire suiface is pitted, some of the depressions being 5 cm. 

 across and nearly 2 cm. deep. The place of rupture is plain, 

 and the iron here is coarsely fibrous, possibly because it was far- 

 ther from the point of impact. There is also a fissure about 4 

 inches (10 cm.) deep and nearly 1 cm. wide, opposite the broken 

 face. In this fissure are two ends of chisels which were 

 broken in the attempt to pry off this piece, and which may 

 have enlarged the opening. The front side of No. 3 is shown in 

 Plate XXII. 



All the new masses are as follows : 



No. 4 weighs 1.204 kilos (2.65 lbs.). One-third of the surface 

 shows the disruption, as in No. 2, the other parts being unaf- 

 fected and showing the crust surface, Plate XXV. The broken 

 surface is partially drawn out toward the part that was broken 

 off from it, and one edge shows a fracture suggesting cleavage. 

 It is 50 mm. high, 125 mm. long, and 50 mm. wide, or about 

 2 by 5 by 2 inches. One of the pittings which has been increased 

 in size by the disruption measures 60 mm. in length, 25 mm. in 

 width, and 15 mm. in breadth. (See Plate XXIV.) 



No. 5 weighs 1.126 kilos (2.48 lbs.), measures 100 mm. in 

 length, 75 mm. in width, and 48 mm. in height, about 4 by 3 

 by 2 inches. Five-sixths of the entire surface bears marks of the 

 violent disruption, Plate XXIV, and is undoubtedly from the 

 upper corner, between Nos. 1 and 3. A raised octahedral struc- 

 ture is revealed on two-thirds of its surface, and the pitted side 

 shows evidence of having received a part of the blow, Plate 

 XXV. 



