HANDBOOK OF THE METEORITE COLLECTIONS. 97 



Specific gravity, 3.621 to 4.23. The " earthy matrix," as indicated 

 by the analysis, is composed mainly of olivine and pyroxene. Color, 

 gray. 



Reference. — James Apjohn, Trans. Eoyal Irish Acad., vol. 18, 

 1837, pp. 17-30. 



LION RIVER, GREAT NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA. No. 59. 



Iron, Of. Weight, 34.87 grams. Date of fall unknown. Brought 

 to London in 1852 and thence transferred to the Shepard collection 

 at Amherst, Massachusetts. Original weight, 80.5 kilograms (178 

 pounds). Shepard 's analysis yielded: 



Per cent. 

 Nickel 6. 70 



Iron with traces of phosphorus, sulphur, tin, and po- 

 tassium 93. 30 



100.00 



Other analyses made at intervals, by von Baumhauer and van der 

 Boon Mesch (1866) and by Sjostrom, as given by Cohen (Meteorisen 

 Studien, 1897, p. 43), show a considerable variation. The latest, by 

 Sjostrom, gave results as follows: 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 92.06 



Nickel (Ni) 7.79 



Cobalt (Co) .69 



Phosphorus (P) .05 



100. 59 



References. — C. U. Shepard, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 15, 1853, p. 1; 

 E. Cohen, Ann. k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus., vol. 12, 1897, p. 43. 



IISSA, BUNZLATJ, BOHEMIA, AUSTRIA. No. 228. 



Stone, Cwa, sometimes Cwb. Weight, 47 grams. Fell September 

 3, 1808, the fall being accompanied by the usual reports, but no light 

 observed. Four or five stones fell, weighing altogether 10,366 grams. 

 Analysis by Klaproth, as quoted by Buchner (Die Meteoriten in 

 Sammlungen, 1863, p. 27), yielded: 



Per cent. 



Silica (SiOj) 43. 00 



Alumina (AUOa) 1.25 



Magnesia (MgO) 22.00 



Lime (CaO) .50 



Iron (Fe) 29.00 



Nickel (Ni) .50 



Manganous oxide (MnO) .25 



Sulphur (S) and loss 3.50 



100.00 

 5692°— Bull. 94—16 1 



