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. PEELIMINAEY NOTE ON THE METEOEITES IN THE 
BLOEMFONTEIN MUSEUM. 
By W. a. Douglas Kudge, M.A., Bloemfontein. 
(Bead, March 15, 1911.) 
(With Plates V., VI., VII., and Text Figures.) 
The Bloerofontein Museum contains three meteoric specimens, and as. 
they have not been previously studied, it seemed worth while to undertake 
an examination of them. 
Two of them are fragments of the same fall, and the other one is of 
quite a different character. 
The first two are portions of a fall which occurred at Kroonstadt in the 
Orange Biver Colony in 1877 (November 11th), whilst the other fell at 
Zeekoegat Farm, Winburg, in 1881, but the precise date cannot be 
ascertained, and in the following account they will be referred to as the 
Kroonstadt and Winburg specimens respectively. 
Kroonstadt Meteorite. 
This consists of two fragments, Aveighing respectively 1,382 grammes 
and 663 grammes, the external appearance of which is well shown by 
Figs. 1 and 2 for the larger, and 3 and 4 for the smaller. Both these 
stones are portions of a larger one, as an examination of different sides 
shows, the surface of the one side being quite different from that of the 
other. Fig. 3 represents probably the original surface of the meteorite, 
Fig. 4 is that of a fractured surface. The black crust on A is per- 
ceptibly thicker than that on B. 
The external and internal appearance of the two specimens are so 
similar that one has no hesitation in ascribing it to the same origin. 
The larger of the two specimens had been chipped so that a portion of 
the crust had been removed, and it appeared to consist of a greyish ground 
mass with brown patches disseminated throughout. Many shining specks 
of nickel iron and troilite could be seen by the microscope, and the stone 
was markedly magnetic and showed shght polarity. Attempts were made 
to obtain sections, but the stone was too hard and at the same time so 
loosely held together that this was not possible. The exposed surface was 
