. Guide leaflet. LONG ISLAND. Slickensided surface showing movement in the mass before it fell. flight through space before the mass reached our atmosphere. Twoof the pieces in this case show such slickensided surfaces and one of themis illustrated oil this page. Other fine specimens of Long Island may be seen in the generalmeteorite collection on the fourth floor of the Museum (Hall No. 404).. SELMA W (ight. 306 pounds. Front 3* HOVEY, THE FOYER METEORITES 39 SELMA. Aerolite.) The Selma meteorite is believed to have fallen at about (.) u., July 20, 1898, bul it was not found until M
. Guide leaflet. LONG ISLAND. Slickensided surface showing movement in the mass before it fell. flight through space before the mass reached our atmosphere. Twoof the pieces in this case show such slickensided surfaces and one of themis illustrated oil this page. Other fine specimens of Long Island may be seen in the generalmeteorite collection on the fourth floor of the Museum (Hall No. 404).. SELMA W (ight. 306 pounds. Front 3* HOVEY, THE FOYER METEORITES 39 SELMA. Aerolite.) The Selma meteorite is believed to have fallen at about (.) u., July 20, 1898, bul it was not found until March, L906. Themeteor of July 20, L898, seems to have traveled in a direction some-what west of north, and its flight is said to have been accompanied by a heavy rumbling noise and a trail of fire ten or twelve \vci meteorite was found about two miles north-northwesi of Selma,Alabama, near the road to Summerfield, and it takes its name fromthe nearest town, as is the rule with meteoritic falls. Selma weighs 306 pounds in its present condition, and it is probablethat its original weight was about four pounds more, one or more smallfragments having been lost from the mass. It is one of the ten largestaerolites ever found, and is the fourth largest aerolite that has fallenin the United States. The others having been broken up, this is proba-bly the largest entire stone meteorite i
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