Campbell and Hoive — Meteoric Iron from Virginia. 469 



Art. XLYII. — A New (?) Meteoric Iron from Augusta Co., 

 Virginia ; by H. D. Campbell and Jas. Lewis Howe. 



In the list of accessions to the mineral collection of Wash- 

 ington and Lee University during the session 1870-71 occurs 

 the following note : " From Wm. N. Wilson, Esq., Augusta 

 County, Va., a fine specimen of meteoric iron." There is no 

 doubt but that the above entry refers to the meteorite now 

 under consideration, inasmuch as it is the only one in the Uni- 

 versity collection which has no label, and there is no meteorite 

 with the foregoing label. Since 1880 the history of this 

 meteorite is definitely known. From 1886 to 1894 the meteorite 

 was in charge of Professor W. Gr. Brown. A fragment was cut 

 from one end by him for analysis, the surface etched and photo- 

 graphed but Professor Brown's analysis has not been published, 



The question has naturally arisen as to whether this meteorite 

 is from the same fall as the so-called Staunton meteorite which 

 has been several times analyzed and in which Sir William 

 Ramsay found the presence of helium. The meteorite was 

 sent to Professor Henry A. Ward to be again cut and an 

 analysis of it was made for him by Mr. J. E. Whitfield. A 

 fragment was also sent to Dr. Ramsay and examined by him 

 for gases. 



The analysis by Whitfield is given together with the other 

 analyses of the Augusta meteorite for comparison, and also the 

 result of the examination by Dr. Ramsay. 





1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



Qa 



7 



la 



Iron 88-706 



88-365 



89-007 



91-439 



90*293 



92-49 9327 



39*850 



91-376 



Nickel 10-163 



10-242 



9-964 



7'559 



8-848 



6-38 



6-04 



7-560 



7-689 



Cobalt 



•396 



•428 



•387 



•608 



•486 



•63 



•64 



•600 



•610 



Copper 



•003 



•004 



•003 



•021 



•016 



•0258 







•065 



•066 



Tin 



•002 



•002 



•003 



trace 



•005 





- . _ 











Phosphorus 



•341 



•262 



•375 



•068 



•243 



•24 







•158 



•161 



Sulphur 



•019 



•008 



•026 



•018 



•012 











•006 



•006 



Chlorine ._ 



•003 



•002 



•004 



trace 



trace 



















Carbon . . . 



•172 



•185 



•122 



•142 



•177 



•05 



■05 



•046 



•047 



Silicon 



•067 



•061 



•056 



•108 



•092 











•045 



•045 



Oxide 































1-560 







1. J. W. 



Mallet, this 



Journal (3), 



ii, 10. 



Mass 



weig 



bing 56 



pour 



ids. 



1871. 

















2. J. W. 



Mallet, ibicl. 



Mass 



weighing 36 pounds. 



1871. 







3. 





ibid. 



Mass 



weighii 



ng 3*5 p 



ounds. 



1871 







this Journal (3), xv, 338, 1878. 



4. 



5. Kunz, this Journal (3), xxxiii, 58, 1887. 



6. Cohen, Ann. Hof. Mus., vii, 156, 1892. 



6a. " ibid. Calculated from 6, less 1*56$ schreibersite. 



7. Whitfield. Calculated from la, less oxidized portion. 1901, 

 la. 



