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Reference.— D?i\\hvQQ, Compt. Rend., vol. 105, 1887, p. 203. Ab- 

 stract in Neiies Jahrb. fiir Min., vol. 2, 1888, p. 35. 



DORES DOS CAMPOS, FORMOSOS NEAR UBERABA, MINAS GERAES, BRAZIL. No. 487. 



Stone, Cka. A fragment with crust, weighing 65 grams, from a 

 fall aggregating 30 to 40 kilograms, which took place June 29, 1003. 

 It is described by Hussak as a veined kugeln-chondrite consisting of 

 bronzite, olivine, nickel-iron, troilite, and a little glass. Apparently 

 has not been analyzed. 



Reference. — E. Hussak, Ann. k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus., vol. 19, 

 1904, p. 85. 



DORONINSK, DAURIA, IRKUTSK, SIBERIA, No. 181. 



Stone, Cgb. Fragment of 7.7 grams; fell April 6, 1805. 



DRAKE creek', NEAR NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 



Stone, Cwa. 28-gram fragment with dull black papillated crust. 

 Fell May 9, 1827. 



DURUMA, MOMBAS, WANIKALAND, EAST AFRICA. No. 216. 



Stone, Cia. Fragment weighing 1.5 grams. Fell March 6, 1853. 



EAGLE STATION, CARROLL COUNTY, KENTUCKY. Nos. 155, 275. 



Stony-iron, Pallasite (Rockiky group of Brezina). Two slices of 

 36 and 189 grams, respectively. Found in 1880. Date of fall un- 

 known. Original weight, 36.5 kilograms. This meteorite belongs to 

 an interesting group, of which but 3 representatives are known. 

 They consist of more or less fragmental, often sharply angular oli- 

 vines bound together by metallic nickel-iron and schreibersite. The 

 mineral and chemical composition as given by Kunz is : 



Per cent. 



Irou (Fe) 71.73 



Nickel (Ni) 14.37 



Cobalt (Co) .9,5 



Phosphorus (P) .05 



Olivine 11. 12 



Chromite . 90 



99.12 

 The 36-gram slice the gift of George F. Kunz. 

 Reference.— G. F. Kunz, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 33, 1887, p. 228. 



ELBOGEN, BOHEMIA, AUSTRIA. No. 309. 



Iron, Om. Weight, 71 grams. Prismatic piece some 60 by 16 by 11 

 mm. Date of fall unknown, perhaps 1400; preserved at the Rathhaus 

 in Elbogen for centuries ; first mentioned in 1785 and described as a 

 meteorite in 1812. Original weight, 107 kilograms. Analysis by 

 Berzelius yielded: Iron, 88.23; nickel, 8.51; insoluble, 2.211; cobalt, 

 0.762. 



Reference. — See WiUfing, p. 111. 



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