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Notice of Prof. Clark’s Thesis on Metallic Meteorites. 11 
9. Rasgata, New Grenada. Discovered in 1810. Described 
by Rivero and Boussingault in 1823. Weight of smaller mass 
45 |bs., of larger bs. A vesicular mass containing cavities of 
various sizes which are partly filled with pyrites. Metal hard, 
but quite malleable. Sp. gr.=7-3—7:7, Rumler. Analyses: 
Wohler, Riv. and Bouss. 
Tron, - - 92°35 - 90°76 
Nickel, = - . 671 - ae OT 
Cobalt, - 0:25 —- 
Phosphorus, - 0:25 98:63 
Schreibersite,  - 0-08 
Chrysolite ? - O11 
Copper, “ : 
Tin, - - ? 
Sulphur, - ? 
99/85 - 
10. Santa Rosa, 60 miles northeast of Bogota, New Grenada. 
Found in 1810 by Cecelia Corridor. Described by Rivero and 
Boussingault in 1823. Weight 1575 Ibs., besides which several 
smaller masses were found iu the same vicinity. Malleable, ves- 
cicular, resembling that from Rasgata. Sp. gr.=7:'30. Analysis 
by Riv. and Bouss. ; 
Ir 
on, - -. -. — 92-23 
Nickel, - - >. - - 8:21 
Insoluble, - - an - 0-28 
99°72 
figures are not to be detected: Sp. gr.=7°55, Rumler. Analy- 
sis by Bergemann, 
Iron, = si 85-094 | Nickeliferous iron, 93°77 
Nickel, - © = © 9-895 | Magnetic pyrites, 227 
Cobalt, - - 0-668 |.Chrom. iron, - 1:48 
Copper, -. - 0-030 | Schreibersite, - 1-65 
Magnesium, - 0-187 | Carbon, - - 0:49 
Carbon, - - 0-164 99-66 
~~ Graphite, = 0334). 3 
Schreibersite, -. 1646 
Chrom. iron, - 1-482 
~ Sulphur, +) - 0-845 
Manganese, - ? 
EWE a: 99-348 
