METEORITES OF NORTH AMERICA. 505 



VI VII VIII Villa 



Substance taken 0. 7043 gr. 0.7681 gr. 



Fe 92.09 92.09 92.82 



Ni 5.891 6 98 f 5.98 5.63 



Co 91.J I .91 .92 



Cr 68 .80 .74 .63 



P 1.02 .... 1.02 



S .IS .18 



Insoluble 04 .... .04 



100. 63 100. 96 100. 00 



The meteorite is at present preserved almost entire in the museum of the School of Mines, 

 City of Mexico. In addition, about 24 kgs. are reported by Wulfing in collections, the Univer- 

 sity of Tubingen possessing 5,128 grams, the British Museum 3,847 grams, and the University 

 of Bonn 3,436 grams. 



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1. 1792: Gazeta de Mexico, Tomo 5, No. 7, pp. 58-60. 



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22. 1897: Wulfing. Die Meteoriten in Sammlungen, pp. 392-394. 



