A New Kansas Meteorite

Abstract

An undescribed meteorite for which I am proposing the name Coldwater Meteorite came to my attention on December 9, 1923, while in the village of Coldwater, Kansas, collecting information regarding the meteoric fall of November 9, 1923. Mr. A. M. Brown showed me an oddly shaped mass of stone resembling limonite. It was almost black, about eleven inches in its largest dimersion, and shaped somewhat like a ham of pork. The surface was strikingly fissured, checked, and blistered, giving it the appearance of having been roasted in an oven. In fact I have several times been impressed by the resemblance which it bore to a volcanic bomb. The appearance is well shown by the accompanying photograph. The specimen came into my possession at the time and was brought to McPherson College. It was found to weigh 41 pounds, and the specific gravity was roughly determined to be 3.9. After photographing it the mass was sent to the United States National Museum for cutting and analysis. Upon cutting the mass showed no trace of metal with the exception of some almost microscopic particles which were thought by Dr. Merrill to be schreibersite, but which are not so reported in the final analysis. In appearance the mass resembles a concretion of limonite, being practically the same throughout. The