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VICTORIA (SASKATCHEWAN RIVER), BRITISH COLUMBIA. No. 417. 



Iron, Om. Rectangular piece, 30 by 14 by 3 mm., weighing 13 grams, 

 from a mass weighing 175 kilograms, found in 1871. 



VIGARANO PARISH, NEAR FERRARA, ITALY. No. 477. 



Stone, Cc. A roughly cubical mass some 60 by 50 by 40 mm. with 

 oxidized crust on two surfaces; dark gray with white spots. Weight, 

 297 grams, from a stone weighing 11.5 kilograms, or 25 pounds, 

 which fell January 22, 1910. It is described by A. liosati as a car- 

 bonaceous chrondrite. It consists of olivine, rhombic pyroxene and 

 iron, with iron sulphide, chromite, plagioclase, augite, glass, and 

 carbonaceous matter. 



Reference.— K. Rosati, Neues Jahrb. Min. Geol. Pal., vol. 1, 1912, 

 p. 44 (abstract). 



VOUILLE, NEAR POITIERS. FRANCE. No. 404. 



Stone, Cia. 11 grams from a mass weighing some 20 kilograms, 

 which fell May 13, 1831. 



WACONDA, MITCHELL COUNTY, KANSAS. Nos. 61, 602. 



Stone, Ccb. Fragment from interior weighing 112 grams, and 

 two smaller weighing together 8 grams, one showing crust. Date of 

 fall unlmown; found in 1874, and about one-half carried away in 

 fragments and lost; portion remaining weighing 58 pounds (2G kilo- 

 grams). Analyses by Smith yielded: 



Per cent. 

 Stony matter ^ 90- 81 



Nickel-iron 5. 34 



Troilite 3. 85 



100.00 



The nickel-iron vielded ; 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 86. 18 



Niclcel (Ni) 12.02 



ColJiilt (Co) .91 



Copper (Cu) .04 



The stony portion yielded: 



99.15 



Constituents. 



Soluble, 

 fi9 per cent. 



Silica (Si02) 



Ferrous oxide (FeO). 



Magnesia (MgO) 



Alumina (.\l2O3) 



Manganese ( Mn) 



Alkalies 



Copper oxide (CuO).. 



Insoluble, 

 41 per cent, 



34.52 



30.01 



32.50 



.43 



.01 



.89 



54.02 



18.10 



23.45 



2.30 



.36 



1.58 



Trace. 



