152 BULLETIN 94, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



of a hardness above that of the ruby and believed by Huntington to 

 be diamonds. Chemical composition as given is : 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 9L 50 



Nickel (Ni) 7.02 



Cobalt (Co) 0.62 



Copper (Cu) Trace. 



Phosphorus (P) 0.18 



99. 32 



Reference. — O. W. Huntington, The Smithville meteoric iron. 

 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., vol. 29, 1893-94, p. 251. 



SOKO-BANJA (SARBANOVAC), NEAR BELGRADE, SERBIA. Nos, 41, 303. 



Stone, Cc. Weight, 220 grams; fragments with crust; a gray 

 stone of uneven texture and evident fragmental structure. Fell 

 October 13, 1877, at about 2 p. m., with the usual detonations and 

 light effects. A shower of many stones, estimated to weigh from 

 48 to 80 kilograms, the largest of which weighed 23 oka (1,250 

 grams ?). Some 40,329 grams from this fall are now represented 

 in 52 collections, public and private, three stones, weighing, respec- 

 tively, 16,285 grams, 9,695 grams, and 254 grams, being in the 

 museums of Belgrade. An analysis by Losanitch yielded : 



Per cent. 



Silica (SiOg) 40.14 



Ferrous oxide (FeO) 25.54 



Magnesia (MgO) 25.78 



Manganous oxide (MnO) 0.012 



Soda (Na^O) 0.26 



Potash (K^O) 0.06 



Iron (Fe) 5.82 



Nicljel (Ni) 0.92 



Cobalt (Co) 0.07 



Sulphur (S) 1.46 



Chromite 0. 04 



100. 102 



The stone is described by Doll and Meunier as clastic and consist- 

 ing of olivine, some enstatite, pyrrhotite, and nickel-iron. 



References.— E. Doll, Verb. k. k. geol. Reichsanst., 1877, p. 283. 

 S. Meunier, Compt. Rend., vol. 92, 1881, p. 331. 



STANNERN, NEAR IGLATJ, MORAVIA, AUSTRIA. Nos. 84, 141. 



Stone, Eu. Weight, 47 grams. In two pieces; fragment with 

 crust, weighing 14 grams, and a nearly complete individual, weigh- 

 ing 33 grams. Crust shining black, showing lines of flow. Fell 



