48 The Rev. S. Haugh ton's Notes on Mineralogy. 



o'clock) j they heard " music " towards Killeter, which they sup- 

 posed to proceed from a strolling German band which they knew 

 to be in the neighbourhood ; they are under the impression that 

 they heard the music several times in the course of the evening ; 

 they remember also to have noticed clouds in the direction of 

 Killeter. On reaching Killeter the same evening, they were told 

 of the wonderful shower of stones which had spread over several 

 fields. I received the fragments of these stones from the Rev. 

 Dr. M'lvor, Ex-Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and Rector 

 of Ardstraw : he writes to me that " it is now very difficult to 

 get either a specimen of a stone, or any very distinct intelligence 

 of them : even the very rumour of them has nearly died out, and 

 you might ask intelligent middle-aged men about the neigh- 

 bourhood who had never heard them mentioned/'' He adds 

 that the people of that locality are very " uncurious," and that, 

 if there were a veritable burning bush thereabouts, few would 

 " turn aside to see/'' 



The largest specimen given to me by Dr. M*Tvor weighed 

 2223 grs. in air, and 16*32 grs. in water, showing that its specific 

 gravity is 3*761. Both it and the smaller fragments presented 

 the usual black crust and internal greyish-white crystalline 

 structure and appearance, with specks of metallic lustre, occa- 

 sioned by the iron and nickel alloy that was present. I analysed 

 it in the usual manner, but, owing to an accident, I was unable to 

 determine the composition of the earthy portion soluble in mu- 

 riatic acid. 



The following is the mineralogical composition of these Aero- 

 liths :— 



1. Hornblendic mineral (insoluble in acid). 34*18 



2. Earthy mineral (soluble in acid) . . . 30*42 



3. Iron 25-14 



4. Nickel 1-42 



5. Sesquioxide of chrome 2* 70 



6. Cobalt trace 



7. Magnetic pyrites 6*14 



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The earthy portion, insoluble in muriatic acid, had the follow- 

 ing composition : — 



Atoms. 



Silica 55-01 1*22 



Alumina .... 5'35 0*10 



Protoxide of iron . . 12*18 0*341 



Lime 3*41 0*12 1 1-66 



Magnesia .... 24*03 1*20 J 



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