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have been considered by them to have a special value, and possiblj- to 

 possess peculiar virtues, from its being discovered in such a place. 



3. Meteoric Iron of Mexico. — Meteoric iron from near Xiquipilco has 

 been described and analyzed by Dr. Evan Pugh as follows (Ann. der Ch. 

 u. Pharm., xcviii, 383, from his Inaug. Dissert. Gottingen, 1856). 



No. 1- A piece of a specimen weighing 200 pounds. It has a thick 

 crust of oxyd, in which are many yellow metallic spots of schreibersite. 

 There are also yellow drops of the chlorid of iron. Texture within, 

 coai-se foliated, crystalline with large crystalline figures like the iron of 

 Elbogen. Not passive. Yields sulphuretted hydrogen with dilute muriatic 

 acid showing that it contains magnetic ])yrites. Diflerent trials showed 

 that it contained 0*9 to 1"24 per cent of black insoluble material, consist- 

 ing of phosphuret of nickel and iron, graphite, and microscopic grains of 



a yellowish colorless mineral. 



19^ 



Less oxydized than the preceding. 



Contains spots of schreibersite and also shows the yellow chlorid of iron 

 m drops. In its interior there are greenish grains o^ olivhie. Hardness 

 greater than in the preceding. Texture broad crystalline, showing large 

 figures. Not passive* No sulphuretted hydrogen with hydrochloric acid. 

 Insoluble residues 0'56S to l"o8 p. c. consisting of schreibersite, graphite 



:(L 



I. 



II. 



a. 



b. 



a. 



Fe 

 90-43 



90-08 



87-89 



Co 

 0-72 



P 



0-15 



Mn 



Ni 

 7-62 



7-10 



9-06 1-07 0-62 0-20 



Analyses : 



S Cu, Sn Sch'site. Graphite, (fee. 



0-03 0-03 0-56 0-34=:99-88 



1-24 



trace 0-34 0-22=: 99-41 



88-28 8-90 1-04 0-78 

 c. 87-88 .8-86 0-89 0-86 



1-24 



The oxydized crust consists of 



51-49 



a 



13-27 



Meteoric 



Si 



7-47 



0-79 



Mg 

 0-21 



Fe 

 20-51 



Ni Co P Schreibersite. 



4-13 0-40 0-18 0-G6— 99-11 



- ^.^..^. A meteoric stone fell on the island Oesel on the 



11th of May, 1855, and is described by A. Gobel (Pogg. xc, 642). Spe- 

 cific gravity 3-668. Magnetic part 13-07 p. cent, containing nickeliferous 

 iron 12-75, FeS 0-25, insoluble chromic iron 0-04, soluble chromic iron 

 0-01, phosphuret of iron and tin, 0-01. Non-magnetic part 86-93 p. c; of 

 which 46-86 is soluble in muriatic acid, and affords Olivine 41-13, sulphu- 

 ret of iron 5-59, chromic iron 0-11, phosphuret of iron 0-03 ; 40-08 p. c, 

 insoluble in muriatic acid, affords labradorite and hornblende 38-88, inso- 

 luble chromic iron 0-40, soluble chromic iron, phcsphurct of iron 0-23. 

 There is a trace also of manganese, cobalt, carbon, sulphur. 



A fall took place near Civita Vecchia, in the sea, Sept. 17, 1856, near 

 10| p. A. M. It was of large size, had a long trail and made a loud sound 



as it struck the water. 



5. Meteoric Stone. — A meteoric stone fell near Bremervorde on the 13th 

 of May, 1855, which broke into many pieces, the largest of them weigh- 

 ing 26 pounds, 29 loth, according to Wohler (Ann. d. Ch. u. Pharm., 

 xcix, 244). It has a thin crust and is grayish within. Composition : 



Fe 21-1], m 189, §i 45-40, Mg 2240, te 4-36 3tl 2-34, STa M8, K OSt, chroDiic 

 iron 30, graphite 014, Co, P, Ca, ifln traces =100. The fe was estimated 



from the loss. 



