  We report on a Chandra observation of the massive, medium redshift (z=0.1386)
cooling flow cluster Abell 1068. We detect a clear temperature gradient in the
X-ray emitting gas from kT ~ 5 keV in the outer part of the cluster down to
roughly 2 keV in the core, and a striking increase in the metallicity of the
gas toward the cluster center. The total spectrum from the cluster can be fit
by a cooling flow model with a total mass deposition rate of 150 solar
masses/yr. Within the core (r < 30 kpc), the mass depositon rate of 40 solar
masses/yr is comparable to estimates for the star formation rate from optical
data. We find an apparent correlation between the cD galaxy's optical isophotes
and enhanced metallicity isocontours in the central ~100 kpc of the cluster. We
show that the approximate doubling of the metallicity associated with the cD
can be plausibly explained by supernova explosions associated with the cD's
ambient stellar population and the recent starburst. Finally, we calculate the
amount of heating due to thermal conduction and show that this process is
unlikely to offset cooling in Abell 1068.
