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western part of Burke County, near the McDowell County 

 line in North Carolina, latitude 35° 41', longitude 81° 45' 

 west of Greenwich. The negro thought that it must be either 

 gold or silver, from its weight, and took' it to some railroad 

 laborers, who broke it in two pieces, one of which weighs 

 ten and a half pounds, and the other eighteen and a half pounds, 

 together 30 pounds, equal to 13-63 kilos. It measures 22^x15 

 xlO cm. [9x6x4 inches.] [See tig. 1]. 



Traces of black crust very much oxidized are still visible on 

 the surface. The iron is highly octahedral in structure, and 

 the mass was readily broken by the laborers who found it. 

 Between the cleavage plates schreibersite is visible. On etch- 

 ing a polished surface of this iron with dilute nitric acid, the 

 characteristic Widmanstatten figures were 

 shown, (see fig. 2). The iron belongs to the 

 caillite group and resembles those of the 

 Cabin Creek and G-lorietta Mountain in 

 structure. The specific gravity of a frag- 

 ment was found to be 6 - 617. The following j 

 analysis was kindly furnished by Professor ^^^S^s 

 F. P. Tenable of the University of North Carolina. 



Fe 88-90 



Ni 9'94 



Co.. -76 



P -35 



CI -02 



99-97 



