1880.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 25Y 



perhaps from the alteration of hornblende, and which was believed 

 to be a new species, in which there was .38 i^er centum of oxide of 

 vanadium- 



A New Locatity for Epsomite. — Mr. Lewis reported having 

 found Epsomite in Sideling Hill Tunnel, E. Broad Top R. R., 

 Huntington Co., Pa. It there occurs in small, colorless, acicular 

 ciTstals in an olive-colored shale in the lower part of the Vesper- 

 tine formation (No. X). 



