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Meteorites from JVew Mexico. 



A short paper upon this meteorite was read before the Col- 

 orado Scientific Society, on June 1st, 1885, by Mr. L. G. Eakins, 

 of the Geological Survey, containing an analysis of the iron, which 

 is subjoined : 



Fe 



Ni 

 Co 

 Cu 

 Zn 

 Cr 



88.760* 



Mn 



9.860 



C 



0.510 



P 



0.034 



s - 



0.030 



Si 



trace 





trace 

 0.410 

 0.182 

 0.012 

 0.044 



99.842 



This paper by Mr. Eakins appears in the Proc. of the C. S. S. 

 for 1885, and these figures were kindly furnished by him. 



The similarity between this analysis and that of the Glorieta 

 meteorite leads me to believe that the Colorado iron is the seventh 

 fragment, which was found by the Mexican, and that he mis- 

 took it for silver bullion and disposed of it as such. 



* Mean of 88. 



77 and 88.84. 



Explanation of Plates. 



Plate XXL Front or pitted side of piece No. 2. Two-fifths 



natural diameter. 

 Plate XXII. Same of No. 3. Four-ninths nat. diam. 

 Plate XXIII. Upper figure ; torn side of No. 1. 



Lower figure ; same of No. 2. Both one-third 



nat. diam. 

 Plate XXIV. Torn surfaces, Nos. 4, 5 and 6. 

 Plate XXV. Crust surfaces of the same. All seven-tenths nat. 



diam. 

 Plate XXVI. Etched surface of a cut from No. 1, natural size. 

 A scale of inches was photographed with the specimens shown 

 on Plates XXI, XXII and XXIII, and appears therefore, cor- 

 respondingly reduced. 



