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The drippings broken off in fall, if added, would doubtless 

 make its total weight just 13 lbs. Its specific gravity is 3*48. 

 The stone is covered over its entire surface with a very dark 

 — nearly black — crust. This crust, although absolutely opaque 

 and protective, shows itself at the few fractured spots to be 

 very thin — less than half a millimeter thick. It is dull and 

 matte in surface appearance, with a uniform, fine granulation. 

 This is, however, broken at frequent points by minute pimples, 



interspersed with equally minute angular or slightly lengthened 

 protuberances. None of all of these have an elevation of 

 more than one millimeter. These pimples, where they have 

 been rubbed, show a bright character, and are undoubtedly 

 outside individuals of the minute points of bright iron which 

 are sprinkled somewhat abundantly through the entire stone 

 mass. 



The inner structure of the stone, as shown in a section, 

 is quite compact and dense, taking a good polish. It is 

 a light gray base, blotched evenly throughout with patches 

 of clove-brown iron oxide. Most of these are cloud-like, in 

 indefinite contour ■; but a few, ranging from one to three milli- 

 meters in diameter, are round, and seem to be limited to the 

 decomposition of a single previous iron enclosure. Very few 

 defined chondri are detachable. 



