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EAFRUTI IN THE EMMENTHAL, CANTON BERN, SWITZERLAND. No. 261. 



Iron, Dn. Weight, 23 grams. Thin slice, 3 cm. by 3 cm., etched. 

 Fell in 1856, according to researches of Dr. E. von Fellenberg. 

 Weight of original mass, 18.2 kilograms. 



Reference.— E. v. Fellenberg, Centr. Min. Geol. Pal., No. 5, 1900, 

 pp. 152-158. 



RANCHITO, NEAR BACTJBIRITO, SINALOA, MEXICO. Nos. 162, 392. 



Iron, Off. Two rough pieces with polished surfaces; weight, 177 

 and 619 grams; fragment with original and etched surfaces, weigh- 

 ing 14 grams. Date of fall unknown; found in 1871. Weight of 

 the original mass not accurately known. It was stated by Barcena ^ 

 to be not less than 12 feet in length. Castillo, as quoted by Fletcher ,- 

 gives its dimensions as 3.65 by 2.0 by 1.5 meters, which would indi- 

 cate that it would weigh not far from 50,000 kilograms. Ward gives 

 the extreme dimensions as 13 feet 1 inch by 6 feet 2 inches by 5 feet 4 

 inches, and estimates its weight as 50 tons ( !). (See cast No. 435.) 

 Analyses by Cohen and Hildebrand yielded : 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 89.54 



Nickel (Ni) 9.40 



Cobalt (Co) .98 



Copper (Cu) .02 



Chromium (Cr) .02 



Phosphorus (P) -12 



Sulphur (S) .02 



Carbon (C) .01 



Chlorine (CI) -02 



100. 13 



The mass still lies where it fell in western Mexico, but has been 

 protected from vandalism by the building over it of a stone house 

 with doors of iron grating, through which the occasional visitor may 

 view the monster. 



References. — H. A. Ward, Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci., vol. 4, 1902, 

 p. 67. E. Cohen, Mitt. nat. Ver. Neu-Vorpommern u. Riigen, vol. 

 35, 1903. 



RASGATA (TOCAVITA), PROVINCE OF BOYACA, COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA. 



No. 457. 



Iron, Ds. Irregular slice some 155 by 80 by 8 mm., with elongated 

 cone of troilite. Weight, 645 grams. From a mass obtained by 

 H. A. Ward from Museum at Bogota, Colombia, in 1906. 



iProc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1876, p. 122. 

 •Min. Mag., vol. 9, 1900, p. 151. 



