252 E. EF. Howell—Two new Meteorites. - 
The cesium chloride used in this investigation was from a 
liberal supply of cesium and rubidium salts presented to this 
laboratory, for the encouragement of scientific research, by 
Herr E. Merck of Darmstadt, Germany, and we wish to 
express our sincere thanks to him for his generosity. 
Sheffield Scientific School, 
New Haven, Conn., June, 1895. 
Art. XX VII.-—On two new Meteorites ; by E. E. Howitt. 
, With Plate IV. 
1. The Cherokee Meteorite. 
THs meteorite was found in March, 1894, by Mr. S. B. 
May a few hundred yards from the Clarkson gold mine, two 
and one-half miles east of Cherokee Mills, and about five miles 
S.W. of Canton, Cherokee Co., Ga. | 
Mr. May was plowing new ground when he discovered 
the meteorite, only partially covered with soil. It was of a 
rough lense shape with one side flattened and weighed 154 
pounds. With the aid of an old axe the mass was finally 
separated, and the smaller part was carried away, mislaid, and 
apparently lost beyond recovery by a party who did not appre- 
ciate its value. 
The larger portion, weighing 83 pounds, was secured by Mr. 
S. W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist of Georgia, and 
obtained by me in an exchange with the State Museum. This 
mass has evidently been materially reduced in size and weight 
by oxidation, leaving, however, a solid mass after the oxidized 
portions were removed. 
The Widmanstatten figures are strongly marked and dis- 
tinctive, the special feature being the large masses of plessite 
which are shown in Plate IV printed direct from an etched 
section. 
The following is an analysis for which I am indebted to Mr. 
H. N. Stokes by the courtesy of Prof. Clarke, Chief Chemist 
of the U. 8. Geological Survey; it shows nothing unusual in 
composition. 
Pel. ee eee 91°96 
Nis eee 6°70 
Colt | ee 0°50 
Cus. .- ee 0°03 
Sl 260.4 tr 
| eS O°ll 
S).2 2 eee 0°01 
Oe cle ee tr. ? 
