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a few weeks, is due to Messrs. Wilson and Morrison, by whom 
Mr. Smith was shown to the locality. It is situated within a 
very deep ravine, - the elevation of 8000 feet above the ocean 
and surrounded with high mountains on all sides. The exact 
a crevice in the solid ledge, and thereby to eth been muc 
shattered at one extremity,—a circumstance that enabled the 
finders to detach several small pieces.” They inferred the fall 
to have taken place at a very remote period, as abe mass exhib- 
ited a coating of oxyds half an inch thick. “Its composition is 
ganese and a trace of copper. In some parts, iron forms the 
ote ingredient, while in others clack and cobalt are — in 
either. The laminz of this substance are unusually thick, and 
possess a light color together with a bright luster. As they are 
disposed in accordance with the octahedral cleavage of the iron, 
they render the Widinasnstétian figures strikingly — 
without polishing or the use of acids. ” No o pyrites or graphite 
visible in my specimen. Specific gravity = 7°43. 
4, Supposed new locality in Tennessee. 
Through the kindness of a scientific gate in Mississippi, Dr. 
W. Spillman, I am able to announce the very recent discovery 
of a considerable mass of a iron conan a mountain in 
ness with by a nee ra aa 
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Amherst College, July 9, 1866. 
