50 METEORITE FROM CASTRAY RIVER. 



it is eloup^ably quadrate, ta])ering, and abruptly angu- 

 lated at one end ; it is longitudinally furrowed, and has 

 several irregular pittings or diminutive " tliuinb-niarks " 

 on the respective surfaces. It is strongly magnetic. It 

 was originally obtained, with two others of like size and 

 character, by a miner, in 1899, when ground-shiicing the 

 auriferous drift on the banks of the C'astray River, and 

 afterwards, direct from the discoverer, came into the 

 possession of Mr. T. Birkett, a well-known mine manager, 

 by whom it was presented to the mineral collection of 

 the writer. 



I have to thank Mr. W. H. Twelvetrees, Government 

 Geologist, for illustrating this interesting object. 



