ABSTRACTArguments are advanced for accepting as valid the measurements, descriptions, and conclusions published in 1924 concerning the giant Adrar (= Chinguetti) meteorite, the very existence of which has long been a point at issue among scientists. Since any criticism of Adrar certainly should be based on the original data gathered by Ripert and presented by Lacroix, a translation of the latter's initial publication on the Adrar meteorite is included in the present paper (as part 2). This translation provides supporting evidence for many of the statements made in the critical commentary in part I. Not only because the original data published on the Adrar meteorite were so factually presented and so internally consistent, but also because all objections to its huge size that have appeared since the publication of Lacroix's paper have been shown to be quite without foundation, relocation of this exceptional meteorite would constitute an undertaking, the successful consummation of which would be of the greatest importance to meteoritics.