284 L. G. Eakins — New Meteorite from Tennessee. 



up by the plow. These various pieces now in Professor 

 Safford's possession have a total weight of about 36 pounds, 

 two of them weighing respectively 11 pounds and 13 pounds. 

 A specimen sent by Professor Safford to the IT. S. National 

 Museum, and now in its collection, furnished the material for 

 this investigation. 



Most of the pieces show much surface oxidation ; a fresh 

 fracture showing a gray color, with numerous metallic particles 

 of nickel iron. 



The analysis was made in the usual way for this class of 

 meteorites ; that is, by separating the metallic and siliceous 

 portions, both by picking and by the magnet, and analyzing 

 separately the nickeliferous iron, the silicates soluble in hydro- 

 chloric acid and those insoluble. The metallic and siliceous 

 portions of this meteorite are, approximately, equal in amount ; 

 the iron being quite malleable and unusually tough. 



The analysis is as follows : 



Nickeliferous Iron. 



Fe 90-92 



Ni 7-71 



Co -80 



Cu ._ tr. 



P -19 



S. -04 









99-66 







Siliceous Portion. 





Soluble 



in HOI. 





Insoluble in HC1. 





Calc. to 



Molecular 



Calc. to 



Molecular 



Analysis. 



100$ 



ratios. 



Analysis. 100$ 



ratios. 



SiO 16-79 



45-61 



•760 



31-47 50-67 



•844 



A1 2 3 8-33 



22-62 



•222 



9-25 14-89 



•146 



Cr 2 3 .... 



... - 





•82 1-32 



•009 



FeO 4-88 



11-73 



•163 



6-55 10-55 



•147 



NiO -39 



1-06 



•014 



____ 







MnO ...- 











•47 -70 



•010 



CaO 5-19 



14-09 



•252 



2-24 3-61 



•064 



MgO 1-34 



3-64 



•091 



11-16 17-98 



•449 



K a O .... 



... » 



_ _ _ - 



•02 -03 



•003 



Na 2 .... 











•12 -19 



•003 



PA '46 



1-25 



•009 











S -25 



















37-63 100-00 



62-10 100-00 



In calculating the analysis of the soluble portion to 100 per 

 cent, the S and an amount of iron (*56 per cent FeO) sufficient 

 to form FeS, are first deducted. 



