Meteorites from New Mexico. 



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No. G weighs 1.05 kilos (2.31 lbs.), measures 125 mm. in length, 

 82 mm. in width, and 45 mm. in thickness at the thickest part, 

 or about 5 by 3^ by If inches. It is quite flat, the fracture 

 having left a flat surface suggestive of a cleavage. Altogether 

 this mass closely resembles No. 4. (See Plates XXIV and XXV.) 



When the meteorite struck the rock, all these pieces flew 

 asunder; the 148^- lb. piece was found, eight feet from the 115 

 lb. and 53J lb. pieces, a fact which shows conclusively that the 

 meteorite did not burst in mid-air. The small pieces picked, up 

 by Bullock and. the Mexican were 45 and. 50 feet from the large 

 masses, having been hurled further because of their comparative 

 lightness. They were all buried in the vegetable mould covering 

 the rock in places, the larger pieces to the depth of ten inches, 

 but some of the smaller fragments were buried only about three 

 inches. 



The accompanying diagram will give a general idea of the rela- 

 tive position of the three pieces : 



No. 1 projecting above and. below No. 2, as indicated by "the 

 shading, and No. 3 fitting in at the lower right hand end. The 

 other four pieces evidently fitted in between the upper end of No. 

 3 and No. 1. The dimensions of the whole were approximately as 

 follows: length 25 inches (65 cm.), height 10 inches (25 cm.), 

 thickness 15 inches (37 cm.). It is curious that so large and 



