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The stone contains 9-379 per cent, of nickel-iron, the composition 

 of which was found to be — 



Iron 76-99 



Nickel 21-32 



Cobalt 1-69 



100-0 

 The per-centage of nickel is high. The remaining constituents con- 

 sist of rocky matter, amounting to 90-621 per cent., and are soluble 

 silicate 54-315 per cent, and insoluble silicate 36-306 percent. The 

 soluble silicate appears to be an olivine of the form 2(^ Fe, f Mg) 

 0, SiOg, or one closely resembling that which occurs in the Lance 

 stone, which fell July 13th, 187:^, and was examined by Daubree. 

 The insoluble part is chiefly bronzite, and most closely resembles 

 that which is to be found in the meteorites of Iowa co., Iowa, east 

 of Marengo, which fell 12th February, 1875, and were examined by 

 Dr. L. Smith. The aluminium constituent is doubtless labradorite, 

 and is probably present as some of the occasional chondra which are 

 seen in a microscopic section. 



1882, January 31st. 2—3 p.m.— Skaufs, Canton Granbundten, 



Switzerland.^ 

 A meteor of rare size and unusual brilliancy was seen in the 

 bright sunshine at several places in the east of Switzerland. K 

 rushing noise was heard at Zurich, at Einsiedeln, and at St. Gallon, 

 and a snow-white lump was seen tnoving in the air overhead. It 

 threw out a thin yellow band in a north-westerly direction, which 

 appeared to close together again, and break up in a ball-like structure ; 

 then it turned red, white, and green, and suddenly vanished. It is 

 said to have fallen to earth at Skaufs with loud detonation. 



1882, February 3rd, 3-45 p.m.— Moes, near IQausenburg, Kolosch 

 County, Siebenbiirgen.^ 



To eye-witnesses at Klausenburg an intensely brilliant metepr 

 was visible at this hour in a north-easterly direction, the sky was 

 cloudless : at once detonations were heard which was a rolling noise, 

 though at the same time intense detonations were heard. At the 

 spot where the light was observed, a white cirrus-like cloud ex- 

 tended in the form of a white stripe from west to east. The next 

 day it became known that meteorites had fallen at Mocs, five 

 (German) miles eastward of Klausenburg. Dr. Herbich at once 

 went there, and was fortunate enough to receive one weighing 

 35 kilogrammes, which, after striking an oak tree and lopping off 

 several branches, had penetrated the soil to a depth of 68 centimetres 

 in the frozen ground. Later on a block weighing 70 kilogrammes 

 was found, and a number of other masses. They were spread over 

 an area three miles in length. 



J "M." in Ber Naturforscher, 1882, xv. 87. 



3 F. Herbich, and A. JBreziua. Verhand. der K. K. Geolog. Reichsnnslalt, 1882, 

 77. {Ber Naturforscher, 1882, 174.) G. Tscbermak, Anz. Ah. Wins. Wien, 1882, 

 52. A. Koch, Sitzher. Ak. IFiss. Ixxxt. Mdrz-Eeft, 1882. G. Tscbermak, Anz. 

 Akad. Wiss. Wien, 1882, 83. A. Brezina, Anz. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1882, 104. A, 

 Brezina, Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Ixxxv. MaiSeft. 1882. 



