392 Foote — New Meteoric Iron from West Australia. 



recently acquired by the Foote Mineral Co. of Philadelphia. 

 It is proposed to designate the fall as " Mount Edith" 



The meteorite weighed complete, 161 kilograms or 355 

 pounds avoirdupois. Its average dimensions are about 45 X 

 40 Xl2 cm (18X16X5 in.) and its overall dimensions 62x55 X 

 20 cm (25X22X3 in.). It has an irregularly triangular flat 



Fig. 2. 



Fig. 



Broadly pitted reverse side. 



x 1/6 diameter. 



shape, suggesting a broad Indian arrow-head. In figs. 1, 2, 3, 

 the blunt point of the arrow-head is at the top, the thin rear 

 edge at the bottom. The center of gravity being nearer the 

 thickest point, and this being deeply imbedded in the rocky 

 ground, was probably the front in flight. The long thin edge 

 would thus form the rear in flight. Such an orientation may 

 be further confirmed by the fact that with a fairly uniform 

 distribution of hard schreibersite and troilite throughout the 

 mass, the iron is very much harder in the front than in the 

 middle or rear. It requires three to four times as long to saw 



