CHICORA METEORITE — PRESTON, HENDERSON, RANDOLPH 409 



Table 2. — Ayialysjs of the acid-soluble portion of the Chicora vieteorile 

 E. P. Henderson, analyst 



Fine-grained material, less than 140 mesh 



Insoluble, 



Si02 



Fei 



Ni _. 



CaO 



MgO 



P 



Co. 



Schreibersite '- 



Metallic portion. 



Sample 

 1 



Percent 



32.30 



21.04 



18.15 



.49 



.80 



20.16 



.11 



2.49 



Sample 

 2 



Percent 

 32.80 

 21.74 

 18.14 

 .48 

 .78 

 19.99 



Sample 

 3 



Percent 

 32.74 

 21.90 



MgO.... 20. 07 



FeO 14.9ol 



CaO 0.69 1 



SiO 2— .21.561 



S 2.4f.l 



Fe 4.331" 



P O.llj 



.Fe O.SSr 



Fe 1.66.. 



Ni 0.49_- 



Co 0.19.. 



Percent 



32.61 



21. 56 



18.14 



.49 



Coarse material, more than 

 140 mesh, less than 80 mesh 



Percent 

 39.93 

 19.39 

 16.99 



.79 



.50 

 Lost 



.06 

 2.02 



.22 



Sample 

 2 



Percent 

 39.07 

 19.56 

 16.44 



17. 89 

 2.11 



17.89 

 1 14. 04 1 

 0.49| 

 1 19. 47J 

 [2.061 

 (3.671- 

 [0.06} 

 l0.3l)- 



1.83.. 



0.33, 



Percent 

 39.50 

 19.47 

 16.71 



.81 



.49 

 17. 89 



.06 

 2.06 



.33 



Includes acid sol. FeO. 



Low summation due to calculating all FeO as Fe. 



Phosphorus could be present as merrillite, but neither schreibersite nor merrillite was recognized. 



Table 3. — Analysis of the insoluble material in the Chicora meteorite 

 E. P. Henderson, analyst 



' Cr and Ti were found present but not determined. Na was not determined, but it must be present in 

 the feldspar molecule. 



