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  H. 
  L. 
  Preston 
  — 
  OaJcley, 
  Kansas, 
  Meteorite. 
  

  

  Art. 
  XLI. 
  — 
  On 
  a 
  new 
  Meteorite 
  from 
  Oakley, 
  Logan 
  County, 
  

   Kansas 
  / 
  by 
  H. 
  L. 
  Preston. 
  

  

  The 
  aerolite 
  described 
  in 
  this 
  paper 
  was 
  found 
  fifteen 
  miles 
  

   southwest 
  of 
  Oakley, 
  Logan 
  County, 
  Kansas, 
  by 
  Chas. 
  Hicks, 
  

   in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1895. 
  He 
  discovered 
  it 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  about 
  

   three 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface, 
  while 
  ploughing 
  on 
  his 
  farm.. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hicks 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  fell 
  on 
  Feb. 
  20th, 
  1894, 
  about 
  11 
  p. 
  m. 
  

   and 
  seemed 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  N.E. 
  It 
  did 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  

   burst 
  before 
  striking 
  the 
  earth, 
  and, 
  as 
  stated 
  above, 
  was 
  found 
  

   by 
  him 
  the 
  following 
  spring. 
  As 
  to 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  fall 
  of 
  this 
  

   meteorite 
  Mr. 
  Hicks 
  is 
  certainly 
  mistaken, 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  shown 
  

   later 
  on. 
  The 
  mass 
  passed 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Hicks 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  

   Prof. 
  G. 
  H. 
  Failyer 
  of 
  Manhattan, 
  Kansas, 
  from 
  whom 
  Prof. 
  

   H. 
  A. 
  Ward 
  of 
  Chicago 
  purchased 
  it 
  in 
  December 
  of 
  1899. 
  

  

  Its 
  weight, 
  when 
  received 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Ward, 
  was 
  61 
  lbs. 
  10 
  oz. 
  

   and 
  was 
  7irXl0X 
  12 
  in. 
  its 
  greatest 
  diameters. 
  One 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   mass 
  was 
  covered 
  entirely 
  with 
  the 
  original 
  crust, 
  a 
  large 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  it 
  being 
  of 
  a 
  dull 
  black 
  color, 
  interspersed 
  with 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  patches 
  of 
  yellowish 
  brown 
  rust 
  spots, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  oxidation 
  

   of 
  the 
  iron. 
  The 
  opposite 
  face 
  showed 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  

   mass, 
  a 
  large 
  flake, 
  covering 
  nearly 
  three-quarters 
  of 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   face, 
  having 
  been 
  broken 
  off 
  evidently 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  mass 
  

   struck 
  the 
  earth, 
  as 
  the 
  surface 
  was 
  much 
  oxidized 
  and 
  had 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  old 
  break. 
  Again, 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  

   edges 
  were 
  chipped, 
  showing 
  old 
  fractures 
  ; 
  while 
  a 
  large 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  showing 
  crust, 
  with 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  fractured 
  

   surfaces 
  on 
  the 
  edges, 
  were 
  coated 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  thick 
  deposit 
  of 
  

   carbonate 
  of 
  lime. 
  This 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  deposited 
  during 
  the 
  

   time 
  that 
  elapsed 
  between 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  fall, 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Hicks, 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  him 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  it 
  

   must 
  have 
  lain 
  in 
  the 
  position 
  where 
  found 
  a 
  very 
  long 
  period 
  

   of 
  time 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  become 
  thus 
  thickly 
  coated 
  by 
  the 
  lime. 
  

  

  The 
  larger 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  mass 
  showing 
  crust 
  is 
  very 
  smooth, 
  

   entirely 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  customary 
  pittings, 
  except 
  on 
  one 
  edge, 
  

   of 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  7-J 
  inches 
  where 
  large 
  prominent 
  and 
  charac- 
  

   teristic 
  pittings 
  are 
  present. 
  

  

  On 
  slicing 
  the 
  meteorite 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  ground 
  mass 
  is 
  

   compact, 
  and 
  grayish 
  black 
  in 
  color, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   much 
  darker 
  blotches 
  or 
  streaks, 
  and 
  abundantly 
  flecked 
  with 
  

   bright 
  iron 
  grains. 
  The 
  largest 
  of 
  these 
  observed 
  was 
  6 
  mm 
  in 
  

   diameter; 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  troilite 
  nodule 
  l 
  mm 
  in 
  

   diameter. 
  On 
  the 
  polished 
  surfaces 
  numerous 
  grains 
  of 
  troilite 
  

   are 
  visible 
  which 
  form 
  a 
  strong 
  contrast 
  by 
  their 
  bronze-yellow 
  

   color 
  to 
  the 
  white 
  nickeliferous 
  iron. 
  

  

  