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VI.—The Bois de Fontaine Meteorite, and its Probable Identity with that of Charsonville of 1810

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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A few years since I received from a correspondent in Paris several fragments of a meteorite, which my informant stated fell at Bois de Fontaine on the estate of the Marquis de la Touane, near Mung, in the department of Loiret, France, in 1825, but no precise date was given. It was said to be unknown and undescribed. My informant also stated that it was presented to the physician of the Marquis de la Touane, from whom he, my informant, received it in exchange. Of the specimens that I received, two had some of the original crust on them, one a small fragment only, and the other a specimen of 254 grammes, but with only a small amount of crust. I had also five or six other specimens without the crust.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1886

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page 359 note 1 Query, Was this the stone known as the Bois de Fontaine?—J. R. G.