326 W. E. Hidden—Meteoric Iron from North Caaolina. 
It weighed when received here 124 kg., (= 2% lbs.). Its 
outward color is dark brown, not rusty, and some little of the 
original crust yet adheres to it. The crust of this meteorite is 
of unusual importance and quite unique, as illustrated in the 
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Crust on Davidson County, N. C., Meteorite. (Exact size.) 
accompanying figures. It averages 1™ in thickness and resem- 
bles a hard, dark slate, shows a lamellar structure and readily 
breaks into flakes. Some cavities in this crust are lined with 
oa forms and it has many seams with a vitreous-like 
uster. 
Last month I visited the spot where the meteorite was 
found and collected about six ounces of the crust. It lay 
there exactly as Mr. Harris had broken it off. I had no fears 
of mistake in identifying this crust as all the local gravel was 
wa tt of white quartz pebbles. 
This iron has been analyzed by Dr. J. Lawrence Smith and 
J. B. Mackintosh, E.M. I here give the average of four 
closely agreeing analyses. 
Iron, 98°00 per cent; nickel, 5°74 per cent; cobalt, 0°52 per 
ric v- 
ered in the Southern States, in the autumn of 1879, by the 
June 23, 1880. 
