Abstract
AN INTERESTING METEORITE.—VOl. lvii. of the Proceedings of the United States National Museum contains an analysis by Mr. G. P. Merrill of a meteorite that was seen to fall at Cumberland Fells, Kentucky, on April 9, 1919. It is stated that if the object had not been seen to fall, its meteoric character would not have been suspected. It is a “meteoric breccia composed of fragments of two quite dissimilar stones”. The lighter-coloured portion contained 55 per cent. silica, 39 per cent. magnesia, 3 per cent. ferrous oxide, with traces of some seventeen other compounds. The darker portion, which more closely resembles other analysed meteors, contains 42 per cent. silica, 9 per cent. ferrous oxide, 28 per cent. magnesia, 12 per cent. iron, etc. “Apparently the admixture of the two kinds of fragments took place prior to the evident compression.”
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