66 Kunz and Weinscheiik — Kansas Aerolite. 



and also by Miss Guild, a teacher in the Washington County 

 Normal Institute, who was driving on the neighboring road, a 

 hundred yards distant. Both came to the spot in a very few 

 minutes ; and Mr. January began promptly to dig for the 

 object, and with the aid of neighbors reached its upper surface 

 in an hour. But so firmly had it embedded itself in the shaly 

 clay, that it was three hours before it was removed. When 

 reached it was not hot. It had cracked into two portions, the 

 the smaller of which was the forty-pound mass broken up and 

 carried away by the people of the neighborhood. 



At the moment of its fall, the earth was thrown upward 

 and outward for a distance of eight to ten yards or more. 



The following analysis was made by Mr. L. G. Eakins 

 through the courtesy of Prof. F. W. Clarke, chief chemist of 

 the U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. 



Approximate composition of the mass. Analysis of the iron. 



Nickeliferous iron 7-7 Fe 86*76 



Troilite 5-0 Ni 12-18 



Siliceous part soluble in HCL. 46'0 Co -83 



" " insoluble " " 41-5 



100-2 99-77 



Analysis of the siliceous part from which all magnetic mate- 

 rial had been extracted. 





Soluble 



in HG1. 





Insoluble 



in HC1. 





[1] 



[21 





[3] 



M 



Si0 2 



19-15 



38-50 



Si0 2 



24-29 



53-80 



FeO 



16-15 



23-54 



o 2 o 3 



•64 



1-41 



NiO 



•34 



•69 



ALA 



1-95 



4-32 



CoO 



tr. 



tr. 



FeO 



5-41 



11-98 



MnO 



•17 



•34 



MnO 



tr. 



tr. 



CaO 



•06 



•12 



CaO 



1-84 



4-08 



MgO 



18-31 



36-81 



MgO 



10-10 



22-37 



S 



1-97 





K 3 



•12 



•27 









Na 5 



•80 



1-77 



56-15 100-00 45-15 lOO'OO 



Analysis No. 1 is the direct analysis of the portion soluble in 

 HC1. Analysis No. 2 is calculated to equal 100. Analysis No. 

 3 the composition of the insoluble part. Analysis No. 4 calcula- 

 ted to equal 100. 



The nickel-iron of this specimen shows, as is generally the 

 case in stony meteorites, a higher percentage of nickel and 

 cobalt than is usual in meteoric irons. The constituent in this 

 stone which was dissolved by hydrochloric acid, is shown by 

 that fact to be olivine, in which the proportions of magnesia 



