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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Kopple, 
  Pauline. 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Carved 
  wooden 
  crucifix 
  I 
  

  

  Schmits 
  

  

  Baskets 
  3 
  

  

  Nicholson, 
  A. 
  S. 
  Neopit, 
  Wis. 
  

  

  Bark 
  house 
  1 
  

  

  Bradly, 
  E. 
  R. 
  Cazenovia 
  

  

  Grooved 
  shaft 
  stone 
  1 
  

  

  Collection 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  

   Parker, 
  A. 
  C. 
  

  

  Algonquin 
  bark 
  hamper 
  1 
  

  

  Brass 
  medal 
  1 
  

  

  Wooden 
  spoons 
  2 
  

  

  Seneca 
  mask 
  1 
  

  

  Stone 
  hatchet 
  1 
  

  

  THE 
  MOUNT 
  MORRIS 
  METEORITE 
  

  

  BY 
  H. 
  P. 
  WHITLOCK 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  Museum 
  has 
  recently 
  acquired 
  by 
  purchase 
  a 
  

   meteoric 
  fragment 
  which 
  represents 
  a 
  hitherto 
  unrecorded 
  fall, 
  

   and 
  adds 
  another 
  occurrence 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  number 
  of 
  authenti- 
  

   cated 
  meteorites 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  

  

  The 
  specimen 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  December 
  1897 
  by 
  Mr 
  Frederick 
  

   H. 
  Crofoot, 
  on 
  the 
  Landers 
  farm 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  miles 
  

   south 
  of 
  Mount 
  Morris, 
  Livingston 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  It 
  measures 
  

   30 
  mm 
  x 
  20 
  mm 
  x 
  13 
  mm 
  and 
  weighs 
  12.48 
  grams. 
  The 
  shape 
  

   roughly 
  suggests 
  a 
  rhomboidal 
  solid 
  similar 
  to 
  a 
  distorted 
  

   rhombic-dodecahedron, 
  although 
  this 
  rough 
  shape 
  has 
  in 
  all 
  

   probability 
  no 
  significance 
  and 
  is 
  purely 
  accidental. 
  One 
  side 
  

   has 
  been 
  roughly 
  polished, 
  showing 
  the 
  structure. 
  

  

  The 
  structure 
  classification 
  which 
  was 
  determined 
  as 
  nearly 
  

   as 
  possible 
  macroscopically, 
  places 
  this 
  meteorite 
  in 
  the 
  group 
  

   Chondrites, 
  the 
  ground 
  mass 
  being 
  composed 
  of 
  spherulitic 
  chon- 
  

   drules 
  of 
  enstatite 
  and 
  olivine 
  of 
  irregular 
  sizes. 
  The 
  ground 
  mass 
  

   is 
  broken 
  by 
  irregular 
  shotlike 
  grains 
  of 
  iron. 
  

  

  Notwithstanding 
  the 
  small 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  specimen, 
  all 
  the 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  appears 
  to 
  confirm 
  the 
  statement 
  of 
  Mr 
  Crofoot 
  that 
  the 
  

   present 
  fragment 
  represents 
  the 
  entire 
  bulk 
  of 
  this 
  fall. 
  

  

  