146 BULLETIN 94, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Specific gravity, 7.848. 



Reference.— 3. E. Whitfield, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 33, 1887, p. 500. 



SCRIBA, OSWEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK No. 48 



Iron, Dn (or Df). Weight, 9.15 grams. A fragment with etched 

 surface but having a granular or stippled appearance and no Wid- 

 manstiitten figures. Date of fall unknown ; found in 1835. Original 

 weight, 3.6 kilograms (8 pounds). Analysis by Shepard yielded: 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 09.66 



Silicon (Si) -20 



Calcium (Ca) .09 



Aluminum (Al) Traces. 



90. 95 



The iron was found in a forest near charcoal pits. It gives no 

 Widmanstiitten figures on etched surfaces nor does it contain nickel 

 or cobalt. Its meteoric nature is commonly considered as doubtful. 



References.— C. U. Shepard, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 40, 1841, p. 

 366; vol. 4, 1847, p. 75. 



SEARSMONT, WALDO COUNTY, MAINE. Nos. 4, 190. 



Stone, Co. Two fragments from interior, weighing 12 and 20 

 grams. Fell at 8.15 a. m. on May 21, 1871. The fall was accom- 

 panied by the usual report and a hissing sound compared to the escape 

 of steam from a boiler- The passage was from the north toward the 

 south. On striking the ground, it buried itself to a depth of 2 feet 

 and was broken into several pieces, the largest of which weighed 2 

 pounds. The structure is chondritic. Analyses by J. Lawrence 

 Smith yielded: 



Per cent. 



Nickeliferous iron 14. 63 



Pyrrhotite 3.06 



Olivine 43.04 



Bronzite, etc. (including chromite) 39.27 



100. 00 

 The metallic portion yielded : 



Iron (Fe) 90.02 



Nickel (Ni) 0.05 



. Cobalt (Co) • 43 



99.50 



