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original surface, weighing 86 grams. Found in 1802. Weight of 

 original mass, over 1,600 kilograms. Analysis by Finkener yielded: 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 85.04 



Nickel (Ni) 10.51 



Cobalt (Co) 1-70 



Copper (Cu) -06 



Carbonaceous matter . 09 



Sulphur (S) 1-89 



Phosphorus (P) -20 



99.49 

 Reference. — See Wiilfing, p. 31. 



BJELAJA ZERKOW, UKRAINE, KIEW, RUSSIA. No. 183. 



Stone, Ce or Cg. A 10-gram fragment from the interior of a mass 

 which fell on January 16, 1796. 



BJELOKRYNITCHIE, VOLHYNIA, RUSSIA. No. 219. 



Stone, Cib. An 8 -gram fragment from a stone which fell on Jan- 

 uary 1, 1887. 



BJURB5LE, NEAR BORGA, IN SOUTHERN FINLAND. No. 238. 



Stone, Cca. Weight, 617 grams; fragment with crust. Fell on 

 March 12, 1899, at about half past 10 p. m., local time. The fall was 

 accompanied by the usual light and by thunder-like sounds. The light 

 was seen over a large part of Finland ; the direction of flight was from 

 west to east, passing over the western part of the Finnish Sea at a 

 height estimated as some 53 kilometers. The stone fell upon the 

 frozen surface of a lake, the ice being some 40 mm. in thickness (a 

 little more than an inch and a half), making a hole some 3.5 meters 

 by 4.25 meters, with a very uneven outline. The water of the lake 

 was 90 cm. (about 35^ inches) deep at this point, with a bottom 

 consisting of mud composed largely of organic remains, and underlaid 

 by clay, hard sand, and gravel, the stone burying itself in the clay, 

 where it was found at a depth of 6 meters below the surface. The 

 stone, when found, Avas broken in numerous pieces, large and small, 

 estimated to weigh altogether 328 kilograms, of which the largest 

 pieces weighed, respectively, 80.2, 21, 18, and 17 kilograms, the 80.2- 

 kilogram piece being now in the museum of the Geological Survey of 

 Finland. The stone is chondritic and very friable, of an ash gray 

 color, with the usual crust. Composition : 



■ Per cent. 



Magnetic material 5. 84 



Nonmagnetic material 94. 16 



