38 Fietp Cotump1tan MusEuM—GEo.Locy, VOL. 1. 
AEROSIDERITES OR IRON METEORITES. 
Date 
of Fall or Find, 
Found 1840. 
Found 1845. 
Fell 1846. 
Fell 1847. 
July 14, 
3:45 A. M. 
Found 1847. 
Found 1847. 
Found 1847. 
Found 1850. 
Known 1853. 
Found 1853. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Coney Fork, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee. 
Rectangular slab, polished. (W.) 
Thick slab showing natural, polished and etched 
surfaces. Coarse W. f. are dimly outlined on 
the latter. The lines of taenite are very del- 
icate, (W.) 
Sevier County, Tennessee (Identical with 
Cocke Co.) 
*Five fragments of about 20 grams each, cleaving 
in octahedrons, which are separated by bright 
plates of taenite. (W.) 
Deep Springs Farm, Rockingham Co., North 
Carolina. 
Thin slice showing sawed and etched surfaces. 
No W. f. (W.) 
Braunau, Hauptmannsdorf, Bohemia. 
Sawed block showing natural surface with pits. 
The lustre of the natural surface is like that of 
blued steel. (K.) 
*Block showing polished and torn surface. (W.) 
Chesterville, Chester Co., South Carolina: 
Thin slab, etched. The etching brings out a net- 
work of irregular lines on the surface but 
shows no W. f. (W.) 
Seelasgen, Brandenburg, Prussia. 
Chiseled fragment. No cleavage structure visible. 
(W.) 
Etched slab, containing large nodule of troilite. 
The iron is seen to be made up of large irregular 
plates but no W. f. appear. (W.) 
Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Tennessee. 
Etched slab showing distinct W. f., the plates of 
which run principally at right angles. (W.) 
Seneca Falls, Seneca River, New York. 
Sawed section showing natural surface and frac- 
ture. Octahedral cleavage very distinct. One 
surface partially etched, bears an initial of 
the name of the first owner, Mr. L. C. Part- 
ridge. Loaned by G. Murray Guion. 
Lion River, Great Namaqualand, South Africa. 
Sawed slab, one surface polished. (K.) 
Etched slab, with crust. Beautiful W. f. are dis- 
played, the plates being narrow and very dis- 
tinct. See Plate III, Fig. 2. (W.) 
*Like No. 62, but W. f. less distinct. (W.) 
Union County, Georgia. 
Cleavage fragments with surface considerably ox- 
idized. (W.) 
Weight 
in grams 
50 

