HANDBOOK OF THE METEORITE COLLECTIONS. 63 



itself 4 or 5 feet under the surface of the ground. Analysis by 

 Venable yielded : 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 87.01 



Nickel (Ni) 11.69 



Cobalt (Co) ii .79 



Phosphorus (P) .04 



Silica (SiOj) .53 



Chlorine (CI) .39 



100. 45 

 Reference.— ¥. P. Venable, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 40, 1890, p. 161. 



DELEGATE, NEW SOUTH WALES. No. 484. 



Iron, Om. Etched slice 6 by 7 cm., weighinjo; 200 grams. Not yet 

 described. Gift of Department of Mines, Sydney, New South Wales. 



DESCUBRIDORA, SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO. Nos. 78, 469. 



Iron, Om. Rectangular fragment weighing 57.4 grams, with 3 

 etched faces; one face marked "Porte de aerolito del Estodo de S. 

 Luis Potosi caido en el anno de 1871 "; another marked "A Ulisis S. 

 Grant." Received by the museum with the relics of President Grant. 

 Also a triangular slice 34 by 25 cm. Aveighing 2,822 grams. These 

 are from a mass weighing 576 kilograms now in the National Museum 

 of Mexico. It is regarded by Fletcher as identical Avith the mass 

 described by J. L. Smith under the name of " Venajas." Date of fall 

 unknoAvn. Said to haA^e been found in 1780-1783. Chemical compo- 

 sition as determined by P. Murphy : 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 89.51 



Nickel (Ni) 8.05 



Cobalt (Co) 1.94 



Sulphur (S) .45 



Chromium (Cr) Trace. 



99. 95 



References. — L. Fletcher, On the Mexican meteorites, Min. Mag., 

 vol. 9, 1890, p. 66. M. Barcena, On certain Mexican meteorites, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1876, p. 123. 



DHUHMSALA, KANGRA, PUNJAUB, INDIA. Nos. 82, 498. 



Stone, Ci. Fragments from interior Aveighing 32 and 43 grams. 

 Fell July 14, 1860. Original weight approximately 145 kilograms, 

 in form of seA^eral large masses. A gray, compact stone, to the naked 

 eye indistinctly chondritic and shoAving no metallic points; faintly 



