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Iron (Fe) 12.58] 



Nickel (Ni) . 87 jMetal 13.54 



Cobalt (Co) .09 J 



Iron (Fe) 2.39] 



Sulphur (S) 1.41 Troilite 3.80 



99.94 



No traces of barium, strontium, lithium, soda, potash, zirconium, or 

 copper could be discovered. 



The earl}^ analysis by Shepard can scarcely be considered as satis- 

 factory. 



References. — C. U. Shepard, Account of three new American meteo- 

 rites, with observations upon the geographical distribution of such 

 bodies. Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., vol. 3, 1850, p. 147. George 

 P. Merrill, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci., vol 14, 1916, p. 15. 



MOORANOPPIN, 160 MILES EAST OF YORK, WEST AUSTRALIA. No. 415. 



Iron, Ogg. Thin slice 5 by 3 cm. by 7 mm. thick; weight 73 

 grams. 



MOORESFORT (TIPPERARY), IRELAND. No. 306. 



Stone, Cga or Ccb. Weight, 112 grams; fragment with crust on 

 two sides. Fell in August, 1810. A single mass weighing 3.54 kilo- 

 grams (7f pounds). No satisfactory analysis seems to have been 

 made. 



Reference.— \N\\\\^m Higgins, Philos. Mag., vol. 38, 1811, p. 262. 



MORDVINOVKA, PAVLOGRAB, EKATERINOSLAV, RUSSIA. Nos. 117, 125. 



Stone, Cw. Two fragments weighing 5 and 18 grams, respec- 

 tively. Fell May 19, 1826. 



MORRISTOWN, HAMBLEN COUNTY, TENNESSEE. No. 164. 



Stony-iron, Grahamite. One piece weighing 1,621 grams. Found 

 in 1887; date of fall unlaiown. Several fragments were found, 

 weighing altogether some 16,363 grams. Structure peculiar, an 

 uneven network of metallic iron inclosing the silicate minerals. 

 Chemical composition, as shown by Eakins's analyses: 



Nickeliferous iron : Ter cent. 



Iron (Fe) 90.92 



Nickel (Ni) 7.71 



Cobalt (Co) .80 



Copper (Cu) Trace. 



Phosphorus (P) .19 



Sulphur (S) .04 



99.66 



