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  TT^. 
  3£. 
  Foote 
  — 
  New 
  Meteoric 
  Iron. 
  

  

  whose 
  form 
  could 
  only 
  be 
  observed 
  with 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  a 
  lens. 
  

   The 
  lines 
  were 
  exceedingly 
  fine 
  and 
  crossed 
  at 
  varying 
  

   angles. 
  A 
  notable 
  difference 
  is 
  seen 
  between 
  the 
  above 
  and 
  

   the 
  markings 
  on 
  an 
  etched 
  face 
  of 
  one-half 
  of 
  No. 
  3 
  specimen, 
  

   shown 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  Plate 
  III. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  occurs 
  a 
  

   bright 
  bronze-gray 
  mineral 
  which 
  proved 
  after 
  qualitative 
  

   analysis 
  to 
  be 
  schreibersite. 
  It 
  is 
  strongly 
  magnetic 
  and 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  considerable 
  amounts 
  of 
  iron, 
  nickel 
  and 
  phosphorus. 
  

   This 
  assumes 
  the 
  curious 
  and 
  novel 
  form 
  of 
  large 
  graphic 
  

   characters, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  curved 
  branching 
  figures 
  terminating 
  

   in 
  angular 
  crystallizations. 
  While 
  Widmanstatten 
  figures 
  are 
  

   absent, 
  the 
  plessite 
  exhibits 
  a 
  beautiful 
  phenomenon, 
  suggestive 
  

   of 
  a 
  metallic 
  sunstone. 
  It 
  presents 
  a 
  glistening, 
  frosted 
  effect, 
  

   which 
  changes 
  with 
  the 
  light, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  tin- 
  

   white 
  flakes 
  or 
  fissures 
  of 
  the 
  metal. 
  Other 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  

   etched 
  plessite 
  remain 
  perfectly 
  smooth 
  from 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  crys- 
  

   tallization. 
  The 
  illustration 
  poorly 
  represents 
  the 
  oddity 
  and 
  

   beauty 
  of 
  the 
  specimen, 
  yet 
  indicates 
  the 
  unique 
  features, 
  

   which 
  establish 
  for 
  it 
  a 
  separate 
  position 
  among 
  the 
  siderites. 
  

  

  The 
  Composition^ 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  an 
  analysis 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  

   Edward 
  Whitfield, 
  on 
  about 
  four 
  grams 
  of 
  the 
  clean 
  metallic 
  

   portion 
  from 
  No. 
  5, 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Per 
  cent. 
  

  

  Iron 
  _.. 
  _ 
  95-02 
  

  

  Nickel 
  .-- 
  4-11 
  

  

  Cobalt 
  _ 
  0-40 
  

  

  Phosphorus 
  0-324 
  

  

  Carbon 
  _. 
  0-161 
  

  

  Sulphur 
  -. 
  _.- 
  trace. 
  

  

  100-015 
  

  

  History 
  of 
  six 
  masses, 
  having 
  a 
  total 
  weight 
  of 
  43,795 
  grams 
  

   (96 
  lbs. 
  9 
  oz.). 
  

  

  No. 
  1. 
  Weight 
  16,019 
  grams. 
  See 
  Plate 
  II. 
  Said 
  to 
  have 
  

   weighed 
  22,200 
  grams 
  when 
  found 
  about 
  1878. 
  Is 
  now 
  to 
  all 
  

   appearances 
  a 
  complete 
  mass. 
  Found 
  in 
  presence 
  of 
  J. 
  P. 
  

   Smith 
  and 
  C. 
  L. 
  Smith, 
  by 
  R. 
  Y. 
  Smith 
  on 
  the 
  Pleas 
  May 
  

   property, 
  150 
  yards 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Meridian 
  and 
  Tomkinsville 
  

   road, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  slope 
  of 
  a 
  hill, 
  next 
  an 
  uprooted 
  pine 
  tree, 
  

   which 
  probably 
  dislodged 
  the 
  specimen 
  from 
  the 
  spot 
  in 
  

   which 
  it 
  was 
  buried 
  by 
  the 
  fall. 
  Location, 
  S. 
  W. 
  quarter 
  of 
  

   Sec. 
  9, 
  Range 
  2 
  west. 
  Township 
  14, 
  Choctaw 
  Co. 
  

  

  No. 
  2. 
  Weight 
  11,976 
  grams. 
  Irregularly 
  rounded 
  mass. 
  

   Found 
  about 
  1886 
  by 
  R. 
  Y. 
  Smith 
  in 
  plowing 
  on 
  land 
  of 
  G. 
  

   D. 
  Smith, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  slope 
  of 
  a 
  hill 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  S. 
  E. 
  

   quarter, 
  Sec. 
  5, 
  Range 
  2 
  west. 
  Township 
  14, 
  Choctaw 
  Co. 
  

  

  