H. L. Preston — San Angelo Meteorite. 269 



Art. XXXIV. — San Angelo Meteorite ; by H. L. Preston, 

 Kochester, N. Y. 



[Read before the Rochester Academy of Science, March 8th, 1898.] 



The San Angelo siderite is oblong in shape and was, 

 previous to cutting, 51 cm long by 29 cm wide and 14 cm thick. Its 

 weight was 194 pounds or 88 kilos. A considerable portion of 

 this siderite was obtained by Prof. H. A. Ward, Chief of 

 Ward's Natural Science establishment, through the courtesy of 

 Prof. Geo. P. Garrison of the University of Texas, Austin, 

 Texas, and he is indebted to Mr. James Abe March of San 

 Angelo, Texas, for the facts in reference to its locality, and the 

 manner in which it was found. 



San Arjgelo meteorite; about i natural size. 



It was discovered by Mr. John Johnson on the prairie seven 

 miles south of San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, about 

 July 1st, 1897. The prairie on which the meteorite was 

 found is called " Lipan Flats," a body of land entirely devoid 

 of vegetation, without even mesquite trees. The meteorite 

 was partially buried in the soil, and Mr. Johnson discovered it 

 while riding horseback in search of cattle, and states that unless 

 one rode over it, it would not have been seen, as the color of 

 the soil and the meteorite were nearly the same. 



The exterior surface of the mass is of a dark reddish brown 

 color, considerably spotted with large yellow patches. None 

 of the original crust is perceptible. The surface is very much 

 oxidized and some places can be seen where scales a quarter of 

 an inch or more in thickness have naked off, thus intimating 

 that the mass had lain for many years in its original position 



