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by two and a half inches. Placing the stone upon this end, 

 the body of it presents the form of an irregular, slightly ob- 

 lique, rhomboidal prism. The upper end, however, is not well 

 defined, but runs up to one side in a flattened protuberance, 

 giving the entire specimen a form approaching roughly an 

 oblique pyramid. The length from the base to the apex is 

 four and a half inches. Three adjacent sides are rough, being 

 covered with cavities and pits. The other sides are smoother 

 and rounded. 



" The specimen acts upon the needle; fragments of it readily 

 yield particles of nickeliferous iron by trituration in a mortar. 

 The specific gravity of the entire specimen is 3.20. Its weight 

 in its present condition is three pounds fourteen and a half 

 ounces. 



"The minerals found in the meteorite are: pyroxene, prin- 

 cipal portion of the mass; olivine and orthoclase, disseminated 

 through the mass; nickeliferous iron, forming about one half 

 per cent, of the mass. In addition to these there are specks 

 of a black, shining mineral not yet examined." 



The general analysis is as follows : 



Silica 49.21 



Alumina 11.05 



Protoxide of iron 20.41 



Lime 9.01 



Magnesia 8.13 



Manganese 04 



Iron .50 



Nickel, minute quantity. 

 Phosphorus, minute quantity. 



Sulphur i 06 



Soda .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. 



2. Oldham County Meteorite. 



The announcement of the discovery of this iron meteorite 

 with the one that follows was made in a note in the American 

 Journal of Science and Arts. It was discovered in the month 

 of October, 1860, by Mr. William Daring, near Lagrange, in 

 Oldham County, Ky. There is nothing known with reference 



