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Title: The American journal of science
Year: 1880 (1880s)
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Subjects: Science
Publisher: New Haven : J.D. & E.S. Dana
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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gments are supposed to havecome originally, stands back of. the village about a mile away.When I reached the village I found the object of my longjourney crowning a fluted column in the market-place besidethe fountain whence the entire community derived its watersripply ; and an inscription stated that it had been set up therein 1874. The tradition of its removal from Tocavita Hill stillexists among the people, but neither there nor later in Bogotawere any traces to be found of the Tocavita fragments reportedby Rivero and Boussingault, and recorded by Cohen as consti-tuting a distinct siderite fall. The early estimates as to thesize of the great mass were exaggerated, as its weight is only612*5 kilograms. * Not Santa Rosa de Antioquia, lying northwest of Bogota. 4 If A. Ward—Colombian Meteorite Localities. In due time full possession of the historic siderite wassecured, and it was started on its way to Bogota. There, how-ever, the contract with the Santa Rosa municipality was nulli-
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fied, and the meteorite was seized for the National Museum.After protracted argument, a compromise was effected byvirtue of which a piece weighing 150 kilograms was cut fromthe small end of the meteorite arid delivered over to me. Inaddition to this, a piece of one of the Rasgata masses weighing II. A. Ward—Colombian Meteorite localities. 5 5ir kilograms was secured from the Bogota Museum, wherethe main part of this meteorite resides. The Rasgata localitylies near Cipaquira at a distance of ten leagues from Bogota,and a little to the west of a line between that city and SantaRosa. In view of the considerable distribution claimed for theSanta Rosa iron among the various museums, it is an interest-ing fact that the most careful scrutiny of its exterior beforecutting failed to reveal a single place whence even-the smallestpiece had been removed. The accompanying cut describesbetter than words the general shape and appearance of thesiderite. Its three dimensions are 71am, 49cm, and I6cm

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