REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 9 



The following additions have been made to the collections during the 



year: 



Mineralogy 



Donated : 



Asphaltum on calcite and pyrite (i) 

 Spraker's Basin, N. Y. 

 from J. Hegeman 



Calcite (var. shell marl) (i) 



New Salem, Albany Co. N. Y. 

 from David W. Bennett 

 Sodalite (i) 



Hastings Co. Ontario 

 from T. D. Ledyard 



Barite (i) 



Hatfield, Mass. 



from J. Courtright 



Galena (i) 



Westhampton, Mass. 

 from J. Courtright 



Zoisite (i) 



Williamsburg, Mass. 

 from J. Courtright 



Rhodonite (i) 



Cummington, Mass. 

 from J. Courtright 



By exchange with H. S. Peck : 



Hanksite (8) 



Thenardite (lo) 



Borax, on Halite (i) ' 



Ulexite (i) 



Halite (3) 



Borax Lake, San Bernardino Co. California 

 Purchased: 



Sepiolite (var. meerschaum) cigarette holder 



Calcite (var. Iceland spar) Lyon Mountain, Clinton Co. N. Y. 

 taken from a shaft 1700 ft. below the surface, 



Mexican onyx, Mexico 



Jasperized wood. West Indies 



Cyhndrite, Santa Cruz Mine, Poopo, Bolivia 



