HANDBOOK OF THE METEORITE COLLECTIONS. 171 



WILLIAMSTOWN, KENTUCKY, Nos. 374, 377. 



Iron, Om. Portion of end of mass, weighing 731 grams, and a 

 slice 30 by 6 cm., weighing 555 grams. From a mass weighing 68 

 pounds, or 31 kilograms, found in April, 1892. The composition 

 as shown by analysis by W. Tassin is : 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 91.54 



Nickel (Ni> 7.26 



Cobalt (Co) .52 



Copper (Cu) .03 



Chromium (Cr) .05 



Phosphorus (P) .12 



Sulphur (S) .17 



Carbon (C) . .004 



Silicon (Si) Trace. 



99. 694 



Reference. — E, E. Howell, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 25, Jan., 1908, 

 p. 49. 



YOTJNDECaK, 70 MILES EAST OF YORK, WEST AUSTRALIA. No. 468. 



Iron, Og. Slice 6 by 6 cm., weighing 410 grams, from one of 4 

 masses weighing 73i pounds, found in 1884. The composition as 

 given by L. Fletcher is: 



Per cent. 



Iron (Fe) 92.67 



Nickel (Ni) 6.46 



Cobalt (Co) .55 



Copper (Cu) Trace. 



Magnesium (Mg) .42 



Phosphorus (P) .24 



Sulphur (S) None. 



Insoluble cubes (Cliftonite) .04 



100. 38 



The chief interest of this iron lies in the presence of crystals of a 

 cubic form of carbon about 0.25 mm. in diameter, to which Dr. L. 

 Fletcher gave the name cliftonite^ in honor of Prof. R. B. Clifton, 

 of Oxford University. 



Reference.— Ij. Fletcher, Min. Mag., vol. 7, 1887, p. 121. 



ZABORZIKA, VOLHYNIA, RUSSIA. No. 180. 



Stone, Cw. Weight, 4.1 grams; fragment from the interior. 

 Light gray ground, fine, granular, and friable. Fell April 10, 1818. 

 Original weight, 4 kilograms. A light gray stone with small rust 

 spots and pyrrhotite and metallic iron scarcely visible to the unaided 

 eye. Indistinctly chondritic. Laugier's analysis, published in 1823, 

 sums up 109.4 and is obviously erroneous. He gives: 



