HANDBOOK OF THE METEORITE COLLECTIONS. 137 



Reference. — Henry A. Ward, Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci., vol. 4, 

 1901, p. 65. 



SAINT MARK'S MISSION STATION, CAPE COLONY, SOUTH AFBICA. No. 486. 



Stone, Cc. A 250-gram fragment from a stone weighing 13.783 

 kilograms, which fell on January 3, 1903, burying itself to a depth of 

 2 feet in cultivated land. An unusually firm and hard, dark gray 

 chondritic stone, consisting mainly of olivine, enstatite, nickel-iron, 

 and troilite. An analysis yielded : 



Per cent. 



Silica (SiOj) 38.29 



Alumina (AUOa) .64 



Ferrou.s oxide (FeO) 6.50 



Manganous oxide (MnO) .33 



Magnesia (MgO) 18.23 



Lime (CaO) 1.08 



Iron (Fe) 26.44 



Nickel (Ni) 1.84 



Cobalt (Co) . 21 



Manganese (Mn) .29 



Calcium (Ca) .28 



Sulphur (S) 5.26 



Phosphorus (P) .05 



Chlorine (CI) .27 



Carbon (C) .36 



Potash (K.O) .23 



Soda (NajO) . 85 



101. 15 



The percentage mineral composition as calculated from this 

 analysis is: Enstatite, 45.96; other silicates (mainly olivine), 19.45; 

 nickel-iron, 19.27; troilite, 14.05; schreibersite, 0.32; oldhamite, 0.18; 

 calcium chloride, 0.41 ; carbonaceous matter, 0.36. 



References. — E. Cohen, Ann. S. African Mus., vol. 5, 1906, pp. 

 1-16. Also Neues Jahrb. Min. Geol. Pal., vol. 1, 1907, p. 370. 



SAINT MESMIN, NEAR TROYES, DEPARTMENT OF AUBE, FRANCE. No. 262. 



Stone, Cib or Cgb. Weight, 69 grams ; fragment with crust. Dark 

 gray with light areas; chrondritic. Fell May 30, 1866, at about 3.45 

 a. m. Original weight, 8.27 kilograms (according to Daubree, three 

 stones weighing, respectively, 4.2, 2.21, and 1.86 kilograms). Analy- 

 ses by M. Pisanij as follows: ' 



