76 BULLETIN 94, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



GILGOIN STATION NO. 7, NEAB BREWARRINA, NEW SOUTH WALES. No. 509. 



Stone, Ck. Rough, oxidized fragment. Weight, 155 grams. Gift 

 of J. C. H. Mingaye. 



GIRGENTI, SICILY. No. 378. 



Stone, Cwa. Fragment with crust, weighing 99 grams. Fell Feb- 

 ruary 10, 1853. Weight of original mass some 3 or 4 kilograms. 

 History very mcomplete. Analysis yielded : 



Per cent. 



Silica (SiO=) .S9. SI 



Alumina (AU.O3) 1.44 



Ferrous oxide (FeO) 16.47 



Magne.sia (MgO) 24. Gl 



Lime (CaO) 1.696 



Soda (Na:0) 1.375 



Iron (Fe) 10.381 



Nickel (Ni) 1.0.^)4 



Sulphur (S) 2.054 



98.89 

 Chromite 1. 10 



99. 99 

 Reference.— Q. Vom Eath, Pogg. Ann., vol. 138, 1869, p. 541. 



GLORIETA MOUNTAIN, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. No. 47. 



Iron, Om. Weight, 380 grams. Polished slab 13.3 by 6.6 cm. 

 Date of fall unknown. Found August 9, 1884. The original find con- 

 sisted of three masses weighing, respectively, 67.35 kilograms (148| 

 pounds), 52.38 kilograms (115 pounds), and 24.263 kilograms (531 

 pounds). Later four smaller pieces were found, of Avhich one has 

 disappeared. The three remaining weighed 337 kilograms (744 

 pounds). The fragments were regarded by Kunz as originally por- 

 tions of one mass, which, however, was disrupted on striking and not 

 in mid-air. The composition of the iron, as a whole, as determined 

 by Eakins, is as follows : 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 88.76 



Nickel (Ni) 9.86 



Cobalt (Co) .51 



Copper (Cu) .034 



Zinc (Zn) , .030 



Chromium (Cr) Trace 



Manganese (Mn) Trace 



Carbon (O) 0.410 



* Phosphorus (P) .182 



Sulphur (S) .012 



Silicon (Si) .044 



99.842 



