HANDBOOK OP THE METEORITE COLLECTIONS. 139 



The component minerals were also analyzed and the mineral com- 

 position calculated as: „ ^ 



*^ Per cent. 



Nickel-iron 8- "^^ 



Schreibersite • ^^ 



Troilite 6. 11 



Chromite • ^2 



Olivine 43. 22 



Bronzite 26. 25 



Plagioclase ^^- ^^ 



100.25 

 Reference.— L. H. Borgstrom, Bull. Coram, geol. Finlande, No. 34, 

 1912. 



SALINE TOWNSHIP, KANSAS. No. 801. 



Stone, Cck. Irregular mass, with crust on one side, weighing 589 

 grams. From a stone weighing upward of 20 kilograms found in 

 1898. Nothing known of fall. Analysis by H. W. Nichols yielded : 



Per cent. 



Silica (SiOj) 37.08 



Alumina (AI2O3) 1-83 



Ferrous oxide (FeO) 18.04 



Magnesia (MgO) 23.34 



Lime (CaO) 2.03 



Soda (NaaO) -26 



Potash (K2O) -08 



Iron (Fe) '''•89 



Nickel (Ni) -95 



Cobalt (Co) -04 



Sulphur (S) 1-65 



Phosphorus (P) -^5 



Ferric oxide (Fe^Os) 4-45 



Chromic oxide (CrsOs) 1-25 



Nickel oxide (NiO) -74 



Cobalt oxide (CoO) -07 



Water (H2O) 1-23 



100. 98 

 References.— O. C. Farrington, Science, vol. 16, 1902, p. 67; Field 

 Columbian Mus. Publ. 122, Geol. Ser., vol. 3, No. 6, 1907; Publ. 151, 

 vol. 3, No. 9, 1911. 



SALLES, NEAR VILLEFBANCHE, RHONE, FRANCE. No. 263. 



Stone, Cia. Weight, 41 grams; fragment, with crust. Shows well 

 the pseudof ragmental structure. Fell about 6 p. m. on the afternoon 

 of March 12 (according to some authorities, the 8th), 1798, the flight 

 being from the east toward the west. In falling buried itself for 

 some 18 inches in the soft soil. Original weight, 10 kilograms. 



