REPURT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS IN THE U. S. NATIONAL 

 MUSEUM FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1886. 



By F. W, Glakke, Honorary Curator. 



TliG accessions liave beeu iiuuicrous, both by gift aud oxchange, and 

 have covered a wide range of species. Of the gifts the following have 

 been among the more important: 



From Cliiirles F. Brown, :{;"> specimens of (juartz, wavollite, rutile, etc., from Arkan- 

 sas. 

 From F. W. Taylor, a series of tLe vaua<lates from Lake Valley, New Mexico. 

 From Prof. N. H. Winchell| Ibomsonites, etc., from Minuosota. 

 From Prof. R. Eliswortli Call, largo calciles, froui Molino, 111. 

 From Maj. J. W. Pt)we]l, a full series of tlie ttirijuoises of New Mexico. 

 From file West Prussian I'rovincial Museum at Dauzig, 15 inclusions in amber. 



Of our exchanges tlie more noteworthy accessions have been as fol- 

 hjws : 



From W. J. Knowlton, I'M specimens of annite, cryopLyllite, ilaualite, etc., from 

 liockjjort, Mass. 



From N. P. Pratt, a collection of coruudums from Georgia. 



From Prof. Archibald Liversidge, G4 specimens of Australian minerals. 



From tlie Mus6o d'Aiinecy, 70 specimens of minerals, mostly French. 



From the Ecolo dos Mines at Paris, 41 specimens. 



From James Matters, a series of minerals from the French Creek Mine in Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



From Prof. B. K. Emerson, of Amherst College, 50 specimens, miscellaneous. 



The foregoing entries ;ire but a few out of many, and refer to the 

 mineral collection proper. The subcollections of gems and of meteor- 

 ites, however, have been [iroportionally enriched, as the subjoined ex- 

 amples show. 



METEORITES. 



From Dr. J. Berrien Lindshiy, 10 Bpecimens of meteorites by gift. 



From G. F. Kunz, a fine slice of the Gloricta meteorite in exchange. 



From Prof. C. U. Shepard, 17 specimens of meteorites in exchange. 



From S. C. II. Bailey, 3 specimens of meteorites in exchange. 



From the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, a slice of a Tennessee meitoiite. 



GEMS AND OHNAMKNTAL STONES. 



From G. F. Kunz, by gil't, :? Brazilian tourmalines 



From Dr. 1). B. McCarleCjby gift, an "inksloiie holder" of Chinese jade, niountcd ^■l\ 

 a carved teak wood base. 



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