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Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 91- 48 



Nickel (Ni) 7.92 



Cobalt (Co) -22 



Phosphorus (P) ^ -21 



Sulphur (S) -21 



Carbon (C) -06 



100. 10 



The iron was deeply pitted exteriorly. From the bottom of one 

 of these pits was obtained material which on examination proved to 

 be troilite, from which it was assumed that the pits were formed by 

 the weathering out of troilite nodules. 



Gift of Messrs. AVard and Howell. 



Reference.— 3 . E. Whitfield, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 37, 1889, p. 439. 



BEMDEGO, PROVINCE OF BAHIA, BRAZIL. No. 351. 



Iron, Og. Triangular slab 11.5 by 4.5 cm., weighing 140 grams, 

 with one large troilite nodule. The original mass as found weighed 

 5,370 kilograms, or 11,814 pounds, being, therefore, the fourth largest 

 mass known. Found about 1811. Date of fall unknown. 



Reference. — Orville A. Derby, xVrchiv. Mus. Nac. Eio de Janeiro, 

 vol. 9, 1896, p. 89. 



BENARES (KRAKHUT), INDIA. No. 42. 



Stone, Cc. A 1-gi-am fragment from a shower which fell at 

 Benares on December 19, 1798. 



BETHANY, GREAT NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA. No. 489. 



Iron, Om. An end slice showing portion of original surface, weigh- 

 ing 127 grams, from a mass known since 18G0, weighing originally 

 some 231.84 kilograms (510 pounds). An average of two analyses 

 by Dr. J. Fahrenhorst yielded the results in columns I and II below, 

 I being that of the mass as a whole and II that of the nickel-iron freed 

 from other constituents. 



