J. L, Smith on Meteoric Stones from Danville, Ala. 91 
The portion of the meteorite that I possess has a large por- 
tion of it covered with the usual black crust. Its gene 
aspect is rough and dull; a portion of the outer surface, not 
covered with the black coating, is nevertheless a surface that it 
had when it reached the ground, for on this surface are streaks 
and little patches of a bright, pitchy matter, which was once 
used, and was derived either from another part of the coating 
that was thrown off in a melted state from the coated portion, 
and whipped around, (as it were), on to the unfused surface 
as the stone fell through the air, or from an incipient fusion that 
was begun on the denuded surface, and arrested by the termi- 
nation of the fall. Where the black crust reaches the denuded 
slate-colored mineral than in the other parts. There are a few 
patches of white mineral, which I take to be enstatite. The 
specific gravity of the stone is 3:398. 
For further examination, a portion of the meteorite was sep- 
arated mechanically into three parts ; the pyrites, the metallic 
iron, and the earthy minerals, As in the case of most meteor- 
ites, the earthy minerals were so intermixed that it was 
Impossible to separate the different varieties, three of which 
Were easily traceable by the eye. ; 
he iron separated with great care from the pulverized me- | 
teorite constitutes 3°092 per cent of the entire mass, and an 
analysis furnished 
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