78 BULLETIISr 94, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



GROSSLIEBENTHAL, NEAR ODESSA, CHERSON, RUSSIA. No. 511. 



Stone, Cwa. Fragment from interior weighing 10 grams, from a 

 mass weighing 8,048 grams which fell on the 19th of November, 1881. 

 The composition is given as follows : 



Per cent. 

 Hygroscopic water .10 



Silica (SiO.) 39.57 



Magnesia (MgO) 22.97 



Lime (CaO) 2.28 



Ferrous oxide (FeO) 13.44 



Manganous oxide (MnO) .53 



Alumina (Al-Oa) 2.45 



Soda (Na^O) 1.30 



Potasli (K2O) .45 



Iron sulphide (FejSs) 6.73 



Nickel-iron (FeuNij) 8.16 



Chrome iron (FeCr.Oi) 1.30 



Phosphorus (P) .02 



Pliosphoric acid (PjOs) .21 



Clilorine (CI) .04 



Chromium (Cr) Traces. 



99. 35 



Reference. — P. Melikoff and C. Schwalbe, Ber. Dent. Chem. Ges., 

 vol. 26, 1893, p. 234. 



HACHIMAN, MINO PROVINCE, JAPAN. No. 440. 



Stone. Three fragments weighing 21 grams. 



HAINHOLZ, MINDEN, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. Nos. 136, 507. 



Stony-iron, Meso.siderite. Two fragments weighing 8 and 17 

 grams, from a mass weighing 16^ kilograms, found in 1856. 



HAMMOND TOWNSHIP. ST. CROIX COUNTY. WISCONSIN. No. 471. 



Iron, Or. Weight, 298 grams. Irregular slice 17.5 by 6.5 cm. 

 Etched and showing large troilite nodule, with gash-like veins of 

 schreibersite. Weight of original mass, 24 kilograms, or about 53 

 pounds. Found in 1884. Chemical analysis yielded : 



Tor rent. 



Iron (Fe) 89.78 



Nickel (Ni) 7.65 



Cobalt (Co) 1.33 



Phosphorus (P) .51 



Silica (SiO,) .56 



Carbon (C), copper (Cu), and tin (Sn) Traces. 



99.83 

 Reference. — Davenport Fisher, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 34, 1887, 

 p. 381. 



