J. L. Smith—Analysis of the Georgia Meteorite, 839 
Art. XXXJII.—Description and Analysis of a Meteoric Stone 
that fell in Stewart county, Ga. (Stewart county Meteorite), on 
the 6th of October, 1869; by J. LAWRENCE SMITH. 
seen to strike the ground, and from him received an account 
of the phenomena observed at the time by Messrs. Latimer, 
Clarke and others. [See preceding Article. | 
he stone, as it reached me, was nearly intact, and weighed 
12¢ ounces; it must originally have weighed 124 ounces. It 
is of an irregular conical shape, having a flattened base, and is 
covered with a dull heavy black coating. The specific gravity 
is 3-65. The fractured surface has a grayish aspect, and when 
examined closely, especially by the aid of a glass, exhibits 
numerous greenish globules with a whitish granular material 
between ; through the mass are dark particles consisting princi- 
pally of nickeliferous iron, with some pyrites, and a few specks 
of chrome iron. The nodules are sometimes three or more 
millimeters in diameter, and of an obscure fibrous crystalline 
structure, the crystals radiating usually from one side of the 
nodule; they have a dirty bottle-green color, a greasy aspect 
when broken, and are more or less opake. 
Some of these little nodules were separated in a tolerable 
state of purity, amounting to 121 milligrams; on analysis they 
afforded : 
Oxygen. Ratio. 
REG ee kk > 48°62 25°90 t 2 
Tn ae ee 8°05 3°79 
Protoxyd of iron ...11:21 2°51 t 1 
SENOGU oi... scutes 30°18 11°80 
98°06 
teorites. 
Nicheliferous iron constitutes about 7 per cent of the mass, 
