62 BULLETIN 94, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Per cent. 



Silicon (Si) Trace. 



Sulphur (S) 0.009 



Phosphorus (P) -261 



Manganese (Mn) None. 



Copper (Cu) .015 



Nickel (Ni) 7.335 



Cobalt (Co) -510 



Combined carbon .105 



Graphitic carbon -028 



Iron oxides 2. 520 



Iron protochloride -097 



Iron (Fe) 89.167 



100. 047 



This iron is of imnsiial interest on acconnt of the large amount 

 found. By some it is thought that the large crater in the near 

 vicinity was formed by the impact of larger members of the same 

 shower. (See Meteor Crater Exhibit.) 



References.— K. E. Foote, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 42, 1891, p. 413. 

 Henri Moissan, Compt. Rend., vol. 139, 1904, p. 773. O. A. Derby, 

 Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 49, 1895, p. 101. Geo. P. Merrill, Smith- 

 sonian Misc. Coll., vol. 50, pt. 4, 1908, p. 460; Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 

 35, 1913, p. 513. 



CANYON CITY. TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. No. 468. 



Iron, Og. Weight 275 grams. Nearly rectangular mass 5.5 by 

 5.5 mm., showing Lroilite nodules. Found in 1875 on the border of 

 a little stream flowing into Trinity River. Date of fall unknown. 

 Weight of original mass 18f pounds. 



Chemical analysis by J. M. Davison yielded : 



Per cent. 



Iron 91- 25 



Nickel 7. 85 



Cobalt • 17 



Phosphorus • 1^ 



99.37 

 Specific gravity, 7.68. 



This iron is singularly enough considered by Wiilfing to be identi- 

 cal with that of Glorieta, New Mexico. 



Refei^ence. — H. A. Ward, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. IT, 1904, p. 383. 



CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI. No. 108. 



Stone, Cc. A 4-gram fragment with crust, from one of three pieces 

 which fell August 14, 1846. 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (CAPE IRON), CAPE COLONY, SOUTH AFRICA. No. 36. 



Iron, Hca. Twenty-gram fragment from a mass weighing upward 

 of 71 kilograms, found in 1793. 



