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  Dr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Hovey 
  in 
  an 
  Article 
  in 
  the 
  Scientific 
  American 
  of 
  Aug. 
  29th, 
  says: 
  

   " 
  A 
  remarkable 
  paper 
  was 
  read 
  at 
  the 
  "Washington 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  A. 
  A. 
  A. 
  S. 
  by 
  

   Prof. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Foote 
  of 
  Philadelphia, 
  describing 
  a 
  new 
  locality 
  for 
  meteoric 
  iron 
  near 
  

   Canon 
  Diablo, 
  Arizona, 
  fragments 
  of 
  which 
  contained 
  diamonds. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  Small 
  meteoric 
  fragments, 
  numbering 
  131 
  in 
  all, 
  ranging 
  in 
  weight 
  from 
  one- 
  

   sixteenth 
  of 
  an 
  ounce 
  to 
  six 
  pounds 
  ten 
  ounces, 
  were 
  scattered 
  over 
  an 
  area 
  about 
  

   a 
  third 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  120 
  feet 
  wide, 
  and 
  extending 
  N.W. 
  and 
  S.E. 
  

   Exactly 
  in 
  line 
  but 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  S.E. 
  were 
  found 
  two 
  large 
  masses, 
  one 
  weigh- 
  

   ing 
  154 
  pounds 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  201 
  pounds, 
  which 
  were 
  on 
  exhibition, 
  both 
  of 
  them 
  

   deeply 
  pitted, 
  and 
  the 
  larger 
  one 
  perforated 
  in 
  three 
  places. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  About 
  200 
  pounds 
  of 
  angular 
  oxidized 
  fragments 
  also 
  of 
  meteoric 
  origin 
  were 
  

   found 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  crater, 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  which 
  showed 
  a 
  greenish 
  stain 
  from 
  

   oxidized 
  nickel. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  A 
  fragment 
  of 
  a 
  mass 
  weighing 
  40 
  pounds 
  was 
  examined 
  by 
  Prof. 
  G-. 
  A. 
  Koenig, 
  

   who 
  found 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  extremely 
  hard, 
  a 
  day 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  being 
  taken 
  in 
  making 
  a 
  sec- 
  

   tion. 
  An 
  emery 
  wheel 
  was 
  ruined 
  in 
  trying 
  to 
  polish 
  the 
  section. 
  This 
  led 
  to 
  

   closer 
  inspection 
  of 
  certain 
  exposed 
  cavities, 
  where 
  small 
  black 
  diamonds 
  were 
  

   found. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  The 
  fact 
  of 
  special 
  interest 
  may 
  be 
  accepted 
  as 
  proved, 
  that 
  diamonds 
  have 
  been 
  

   found 
  in 
  meteoric 
  fragments. 
  The 
  specimens 
  were 
  carefully 
  examined 
  by 
  the 
  

   geologists 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  reading 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Poote's 
  paper, 
  and 
  while 
  there 
  were 
  

   many 
  opinions 
  expressed 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  so-called 
  'crater,' 
  and 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  

   meteor, 
  none 
  doubted 
  the 
  genuineness 
  of 
  the 
  diamonds." 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  still 
  complete 
  masses 
  of 
  this 
  fall 
  which 
  contained 
  diamonds, 
  in 
  stock 
  

   at 
  from 
  50c. 
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  at 
  10c. 
  to 
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  in 
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