368 SEARSMONT (MAINE) METEORITE. 



which is almost invariably the case with soluble portions of 



meteoric stones. The insoluble part was composed as follows : 



Silica , 56.25 



Protoxide of iron 13.02 



Alumina 2.01 



Magnesia 24.14 



Alkalies, Na O, K O with trace of Li 2.10 



Chrome iron, small black specks, not estimated. 



The above analyses give for the composition of the stone : 



Nickeliferous iron 14.63 



Magnetic pyrites . 3.06 



Olivine 43.04 



Bronzite or hornblende, with a little albite or ortho- 



clase, and chrome iron 39.27 



With the bronzite there may also be enstatite, which would 

 be confounded with the former if existing in the stone. 



