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It is very evident that the carbonate of lime which Dr. Smith, 

 found in the Newton Co. meteorite was due to an abrasion on 

 the limestone rock, with which the locality where it was last 

 taken, Limestone Valley, is abundantly supplied. Not a 

 trace of this substance could be detected by Mr. Whitfield. 

 The difference in the analyses of the Taney Co. mass will sug- 

 gest itself at once, but we must consider that these often vary 

 considerable in different parts of the same meteorite? 



From all the facts obtained it is quite evident that these two 

 pieces are parts of one and the same meteorite, which originally 

 fell near Miney, i*i Taney Co., Missouri. It is possible, also, 

 that the report of the fall of a number of meteorites on the 4th 

 of July, 1859, above referred to, may give the time at which 

 this mass fell, although no definite statement can be made to 

 that effect. To Dr. 0. W. Huntington and Mr. J. H. Caswell 

 the author is under obligations for comparative and microscopic 

 data, and to Mr. Whitfield for the analysis, and to Prof. F. W. 

 Clarke for his courtesy in regard to the same. 



2. The Chattooga County, Georgia Meteorite. 



This mass of meteoric iron was found by Mr. W. J. Fox, 

 about the 27th of March, 1887, on his farm in Holland's Store,* 

 Chattooga Co., Gra. In all 27 lbs. (12*5 kilos) were found but 

 the mass fell into the hands of parties from Alabama who were 

 interested in developing iron mines, and was broken into pieces, 

 three of which, weighing 9, \\ and \ lb. respectively, came into 

 my possession, while the balance were worked into nails, horse- 

 shoes and other forms by the local blacksmiths. It is one of 

 the Hexaedrische Eisen of Brezina, with twinning laminae, No. 

 60, and one of the Caillite group of Meunier. The specific 

 gravity as obtained by me is 7'615. 



The smaller of the Whitfield Co. masses was found 20 rniles 

 N.E., and the larger mass 14 miles N.E. of Dalton, while this 

 was found 30 miles S.W. of Dalton, (see map.) The fracture 

 * Latitude 34° 22' North, longtitude 85" 26' West of Greenwich. 



