NOTES AND ANALYSIS OF A METALLIC METEORITE, 83 
Silica ... ete nee she 13s 039 
Sulphur ae ae ey ... absent 
Phosphorus ... His Fat ee ‘217 
Ory Senge)... Si va se trace 
100°127 
The surface is coated with a black hard skin of magnetic oxide 
of iron, about the thickness of ordinary writing paper. 
The occluded gases were kindly determined by Mr. W. M. 
Hamlet, F.1.c., F.c.s., but as I found out afterwards that the 
meteorite had been heated in a blacksmith’s forge, prior to reach- 
ng the Department of Mines, the results obtained are of little 
value, although showing the presence of occluded gases; the amount 
would have no doubt been much higher if the meteorite had not 
been heated. 
Occluded Gases— 
100 grammes gave 55:37 cc, of gas at 0° C. and 760 mm. pressure 
Hydrogen 31:42 is 
Nitrogen 23°95 a * 
55°37 
The composition of this meteorite is somewhat similar to one 
found at Bingera,* New South Wales, but containing less iron, 
and more nickel. It may be described as a metallic meteorite 
of the class known as siderites. 
I am indebted to the Rev. J. Milne Curran, F.c.s., for particulars 
as to the finding of the meteorite, he having kindly made enquiries 
during a visit to the district. 
* Minerals of New South Wales—Prof. Liversidge, p. 218. 
