Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-31

down I'm the earth's crust has been almost
| certified by recent observations. The
| great nickellferous blocks at Ovifak. on
| tho shore OF Disko Island. 10 which l.
| cosmic origin was attributed by Nor
| denskiold, their dlscoverer. are now ad-
! mitted to be terrestrial ejccta, and their
| character is probably shared by certain
other supposed meteorites. Such masses
usually. II not invariably. contain a nou-
BILE ingredient OF carbon. and thus several
| lines of evidence converge toward the in-
! ference that the transformation achieved
| in NJ. Moissan's crucihies IS substantially
the same that occurred on "a relatively
vast scale sbeneath every dlamentfcr0us
/ region i'm the world. II was most lnsav
| effected with extreme sloWnoss There
was no hurry Of sudden cooling-n0 mr.
mentary cbnstriction-but The secu'm
pressure due 10 miles Or everything rock
| beneath which the gross material ~ I'm
| choate gems advanced reluctantly as Il
] were along the steep road Of perfection.
I They should. however. have remained
| buried I'm the "unfathomed caves" whero
they were elaborated. had not volcanic
action superyened
METEORS LIKE SUBTERRANEAN
ROCK
There IS another source OF diamonds No.
! sides fiery underground pools and electro
cally heated furnaces. They arrive from
space in meteorites On September --
1886 a rocky mass fell from the SKY tt
NOvy Urej in the government az fcnL+
Siberia. Composed OF Divine and hrorzN
| with a carbonaceous admiXturc. il shars
| the uncommon meteorological character q
"Kimberlite." Nor was II I'm this respect
exceptional. The peculiarities Of the 'hne
ground" have been adverted 10 by many
experts as distinctly mcteoric. Aud NJ
teOrites are unanimous I'm claiming aih-
nifty with rocks Of profoundly suoieuH'
mean origin The more deeply the crust
of the earth is penetrated, In fact ihe
closer the resemblance is seen TO be-. Gaze
bon i'm some shape occurs jn most u
them-cOmblned or uncombined. "0c-
cluded' as gas. rs an amorphOus or
Illuminated solid. In the crystalline shap'
its cosmic occurrence was unsuspectsl
until NM. Jerofeieff and I.atchinon prigi
into the recesses OF the reuza acroli,a
One-tenth OF It's weight az fonr pounis
proved to be true diamond The discly-
cry has been amply confirmed. Trans
parent crystals OF very minute size. bl,
approving themselves as Of the requisite
quality by every imaginable criterion
were later Identified by Weinschenk Do @
specimen pumped down from some OFFS.
tant world at Ava. in Hungary IN 1893.
and the 'cliftonite" OF the Noundegu ana
Crosley's Creek meteoritcs-AusiraiI
both-described by Fletcher I'm 1877 as
novel kind OF graphic carbon. was prob
ably diamond transformed by heat
CANYON DIABLO IRON NOT Me-
TEORIC.
Specimens OF the Canyon Diablo from
discovered in 1891 in Arizona and conta.n-
"a n TH
quest for mineralogical cabinets a.l over
the world. and since many tons az 10 ny
derelict round the base of sunset hnoil
they were disseminate without stunt
Closer inspections or me l"caIiy' Nv"
ever, occasioned misg.Vilss as q, '.-
aerial descent I'm blocks ana pi'N''
pieces they strew AN area about hft Hi'i'
across. in the midst ~ Whch q "'"'
walled Crater-"Sunsct hnN'i.
Crater Mountain"--rises to b- itel ""'fo
the plain. The rampant IS n't oI '-".
construction: IL Is built out OF ln' i
sandstones aud llmest0nes. upliiitd l.'
sheer precpices by some strange con,
sion. That the metallic wlcchdse N'9
more than casual relation 20 the ef'..l
is palpably evident; nor Is the We" ''-.
plausible that they are ihc
OF a meteoric wave, which here STRUCK -
earth i'm some past millennium me sN
ters OF formidable mass the inns.
which scOoped out a circus three qua ..
OF a mile in diameter. 20 dcpth 'l
feet. Clearly, indeed. the thrust
upward. not downward; the strata ~"
not battered In from without u-. ~
heaved by some bursting powder
within. Sunset Knoll Is EtefaN!
..crater Of elevation" The similar stri.
mre OF the Kimberly pipes at once ie--.'
10 the mind, and the analogy is unc9 ..-
edly true and complete. But the avg
zona explosion was on grandef s,-
than any OF those concerned WI" rF,
multitude and massveness Of its prcAsl'
oive a measure OF It's vehcmcnce lhtl
are all but certainly represented by th3
supposed meteoris remnants at cam ,e
Diabio These Must now he admitted ~
he earth-born, not sky-sent while iAtN
close resemblance 10 the Ovifak irons l.
Inmates their election from a c0rrespoi1-
ing subterranean depth