Dover, N. J. This comprises 37 specimens, and is notable from 

 the fact that it contains material of remarkable beauty repre- 

 senting the zeolite minerals of Iceland and New Jersey. In the 

 Canfield collection, supplemented with material given by myself 

 and others, the Charleston Museum possesses a representation 

 of this beautiful group of minerals that is unequalled anywhere 

 south of Washington. Many other gifts have been made by 

 different persons at various times, but these are the chief ones 

 deserving of special notice. 



My own gifts to the Museum may be grouped under the fol- 

 lowing heads: (1) Minerals; (2) Rocks; (3) Fossils; (4) Archae- 

 ological specimens; (5) Zoological and botanical material. 



Minerals 



The minerals which I have actually given to the Museum 

 number 1554 specimens. In addition to these there are many 

 specimens still packed, most of which will be of value as dupli- 

 cates or for exchange. The collection is fairly representative 

 of the whole field of mineralogy. Among the groups which are 

 most fully represented mention may be made of the carbon 

 minerals, the zeolites, the tourmalines, and the micas. The 

 carbon minerals have been embodied in a special exhibit to which 

 further reference will be made. The zeolites and various min- 

 erals, such as pectolite and prehnite, associated with them in 

 the igneous (trapean) rocks are remarkably well displayed. 

 The specimens have come chiefly from the notable locality in 

 Orange Mountain, New Jersey, which has yielded so many beau- 

 tiful specimens in recent years, together with others from foreign 

 localities, especially the Giant's Causeway in Ireland and the 

 Iceland localities already mentioned in speaking of the Canfield 

 collection. 



The tourmalines also form a very complete exhibit illustrating 

 the extreme variety presented by this mineral in color and mode 

 of occurrence. Besides the ordinary forms of tourmaline, I have 

 been able to obtain a remarkable series of the colored (lithia) 

 tourmalines from both New England and California. The well 

 known localities at Haddon Neck, Connecticut, and those in 

 San Diego County, California, both of which have been largely 

 worked for transparent gem tourmalines of rich color, are here 

 represented on a scale not to be seen anywhere south of the 

 National Museum at Washington. Besides visiting and coUect- 



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