﻿66 
  W. 
  M. 
  Foote 
  — 
  New 
  Meteorite 
  from 
  New 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  degree 
  rarely 
  seen 
  in 
  iron. 
  It 
  is, 
  however, 
  on 
  the 
  etched 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  prepared 
  through 
  treating 
  a 
  polished 
  slab 
  with 
  dilute 
  

   nitric 
  acid, 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  manner, 
  that 
  the 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  crystal- 
  

   line 
  structure 
  is 
  best 
  seen. 
  In 
  this 
  respect 
  it 
  ranks 
  among 
  the 
  

   finest 
  of 
  recorded 
  irons, 
  the 
  Widmannstatten 
  figures 
  being 
  

   exceptionally 
  regular 
  and 
  distinct. 
  The 
  accompanying 
  print 
  

   (Plate 
  II) 
  was 
  made 
  directly 
  from 
  the 
  etched 
  surface. 
  The 
  

   broad 
  bands 
  of 
  kamacite 
  are 
  symmetrical, 
  the 
  prominence 
  of 
  the 
  

   interlacing 
  of 
  shining 
  white 
  threads 
  of 
  the 
  niccoliferous 
  iron 
  

   being 
  especially 
  remarkable, 
  and 
  distinguishing 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  El 
  

   Capitan 
  meteoric 
  iron, 
  weighing 
  about 
  28 
  kilos, 
  and 
  found* 
  in 
  

   1893 
  about 
  ninety 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  range. 
  In 
  the 
  

   latter 
  iron 
  the 
  percentage 
  of 
  iron 
  is 
  less 
  and 
  nickel 
  greater, 
  

   phosphorous 
  also 
  being 
  present. 
  For 
  a 
  careful 
  quantitative 
  

   analysis 
  the 
  writer 
  is 
  indebted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Edward 
  Whitfield 
  

   (with 
  Booth, 
  Garrett 
  & 
  Blair, 
  of 
  Philadelphia), 
  who 
  obtained 
  

   the 
  following 
  results 
  : 
  

  

  Iron 
  ._ 
  91*39 
  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  Nickel 
  786 
  

  

  Cobalt 
  -52 
  " 
  

  

  99-77 
  

  

  The 
  mass 
  is 
  perfectly 
  preserved, 
  there 
  being 
  no 
  sign 
  of 
  dis- 
  

   integration 
  or 
  exudation 
  of 
  lawrencite. 
  The 
  sawing 
  done 
  

   shows 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  soft 
  and 
  generally 
  homogeneous. 
  The 
  

   entire 
  lack 
  of 
  surface 
  alteration 
  proves 
  that 
  it 
  fell 
  at 
  a 
  compar- 
  

   atively 
  recent 
  date, 
  and 
  leads 
  to 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  

   meteor 
  seen 
  to 
  fall 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bartlett, 
  whose 
  account 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  

   discovery. 
  

  

  Philadelphia, 
  Dec. 
  loth, 
  1896. 
  

  

  * 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  E. 
  Howell, 
  this 
  Journal, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  253. 
  

  

  