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this kind are, with a very ‘ black, sical crust, as if it had 
pom — with pitch.’ 
iheyuler rhomboidal eis averaging 22 b inches. Pla- 
cing the stone upon this end, ‘the body of it ee the form of 
an irregular, slightly oblique, rhomboidal prism e upper 
end, occ is not well defined, but runs up to one ve in a 
The specimen a s upon the needle; fragments of it readily 
yield particles of nin eas iron by trituration in a mortar. 
The specific gravity of the entire Attias! is 3:20. Its weight, 
in its present condition, 3 Ibs., 1 
e minerals found in the meteorite x ae 
Pyr yroxene—principal portion of the 
Olivine and orthocl a gt then rte arvophtt the mas 
Nickeliferous iron—forming about one half per cent of the 
mass, 
Tn addition to these, there are specks of a black, shining min- 
eral, not yet examine ed.” 
The general analysis is as follows : 
49°21 
Alumina 11°05 
Proton of iron 20°41 
Lime 901 
Magnesia 813 
Manganese ee. 
tion <5 ., She oe 
Nickel .... minute quantity. 
ae ON iss cress ‘ diners zs we 
ulphur . ‘ : 
Soda i uae si whew "82 
99:23 
The minute quantity of nickel that was separated did not 
Permit of my examining for cobalt, but there is no doubt that 
this metal was present. 
JLDHAM County METEORITE.—The announcement of 
discovery of this iron meteorite with the one that follows was | 
eth In a note in the last number of this Journal. 
t was discovered in the month of October 1860, by Mr. Wm. 
Dating near Lagrange, in Oldham ey, Ky. ‘There is noth- 
ing known with reference to the time of its fall. Tt came into 
