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TAB. CI. 



FERRUM nativum* 

 Meteoric Iron. 



Class 3. Metals. Order 1. Homogeneous, 

 Gen. 7- Iron. Spec. 1 . Native Iron. 



Spec. Char. Malleable, and nearly uncombined. 



Syn. Ferrum retractorium, granulis nitentibus, ma- 

 trici virescenti immixtis, (Ferrum virens Linn.) 

 cujus fragmenta, ab unius ad viginti usque libra- 

 rum pondus, cortice nigro scoriaceo circum- 

 data, ad Plann, prope Tabor, circuli Bechinensis 

 Bohemias passim reperiuntur. Lilhoph. Born, 

 pars 1. 125. 



Stones said to have fallen from the Clouds. E. King's 

 Remarks on, &c. 21. 



Certain Stony and Metalline Substances which have 

 fallen from the Atmosphere. Phil. Trans. 1 802. 

 part 1. 174. 183. 



1 o introduce a substance, however curious, as having fallen 

 like a meteor from the skies, or as Phaeton from the heavens, 

 might seem absurd in a work on British Mineralogy. But, 

 whatever may be the extent of this term mineralogy, it is 



* We have arranged this as a native Iron, which is its great characteristic 

 ingredient. It must come near the Iron of Siberia, Bohemia, &c, and be fol- 

 lowed by the suboxides. 



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