90 BULLETIN 94, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



KARAKOL, KIRGHIS STEPPES, RUSSIA. No. 175. 



Stone, Cw. Fragment with crust, weighing 5 grams, from a stone 

 weighing 3 kilograms, which fell May 9, 1840. 



KENDALL COUNTY, TEXAS. Nos. 255, 343. 



Iron, Hb. Two pieces, one of 7G7 grams and one of 1,165 grams. 

 Ends of mass with original and etched surfaces, showing brecciated 

 structure, and schreibersite and troilite (pi 20, fig. 1), From a 

 mass weighing 20.883 kilograms, or nearly 46 pounds, found in 1887. 

 Nothing known regarding fall. Analysis })y Scherer yielded : 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 92.65 



Nickel (Ni) 5.64 



Cobalt (Co) .78 



Copper (Cu) .03 



Chromium (Cr) .01 



Carbon (C) 1.62 



Phosphorus (P) .34 



Sulphur (S) .03 



Chlorine (CI) .01 



• 101. 11 

 From this the mineral composition is calculated as : 



Per cent. 



Nickel-iron 96.11 



Schreibersite 2. 19 



Carbon 1.60 



Daubreelite .03 



Troilite . 05 



Lawrencite .02 



100.00 



Reference. — E. Cohen, Ann. k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus., vol. 15, 

 1900, p. 382. 



KENTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY. No. 206. 



Iron, Om. Slice 4 by 4 cm., weighing 146 grams. Shows faint 

 Widmanstatten figures and grains of troilite. From a mass weighing 

 163 kilograms, or 368|- pounds. Found in 1889. Date of fall uncer- 

 tain; thought possibly to be July 7, 1873. Analysis by Davison 

 yielded : 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 91. .59 



Nickel (Ni) 7.65 



Cobalt (Co) .84 



Carbon (C) .12 



100. 20 

 with traces of copper, phosphorus, and sulphur. 



