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Limestone [marble]. White; crystalKue. Slab, 6 inches square. State of Sonora. 

 Mexicau Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 37814. 



White; crystalline. Zumpango, State of Mexico. Mexican Geographical Ex- 



ploring Commission, 1885. 37715. 



Dnll pinkish; fine and compact. Slab, 6 inches square. Tecali, State of Pu- 



ebla. Mexican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 37729. 



Cretaceous. Water-blue acd gray ; fossiliferous. Three specimens. Tezint- 



lan, State of Pueb!a» Mexican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 

 37998. 

 Limestone. Drab ; fine and compact. State of Puebla. Mexican Geegraphical 



Exploring Commission, 1885. 38126. 

 Travertine [Mexican onyx]. Paper-weight, composed of a red kidney-shaped body 

 on a white base, 3 by 3 by 2 inches. State of Puebla. Purchased, 1885. 37593. 



Paper-weight. State of Puebla. Purchased, 1885. 37594, 



Nearly colorless; transparent. Irregular slab, 6 by 3 by -J^ inch. State of 



Tecali, Puebla. Mexican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 37596. 



Paper-knife, 7i inches long. State of Puebla. Purchased, 1885. 37595. 



Nearly white; 7^ by 5^ by i inch. State of Puebla. Charles E. Hall & Co., 



1834. 36757. 



Light green and white. Three blocks, one 7^ by 7^ by 6 inches, and two 4 



by 4 by If inches ; also three thin slabs of the same, mounted on stands, to 

 show veination. Tecali, State of Puebla. Mexicau Geographical Exploring 

 Commission, 1885. 37610. 

 Travertine. Light variegated ; 6i by llj by 2 inches. State of Aguas Calientes. 



Mexican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 37642. 

 Tuff. Light colored; coarsely vesicular. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographi- 

 cal Exploring Commission, 1885. 37709. 



Fine ; pinkish. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical Exploring Com- 



mission, 1385. 37710. 



Fine; light colored; soft and pliable. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geo- 



graphical Exploring Commission, 1885. 37694. 



Fine; salmon color. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical Exploring 



Commission, 1885. 37718. 



Pink. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 



37785. 



Fine; light pinkish. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical Exploring 



Commission, 1885. 37713. 



Coarsely porous; light pink. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical 



Exploring Commission, 1885. 37781. 



Coarse; light reddish. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical Explor- 

 ing Commission, 1885. 37782. 



Nearly white, streaked with yellow and red. Two specimens. State of Zacate- 



cas. Mexican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 37743. 



Light colored; slightly pinkish. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical 



Exploring Commission, 1885. 37738. 



"Very light pinkish. Santa Cruz, State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical 



Exploring Commission, 1885. 37732, 



Compact. Five-inch cube. Two specimens. State of Zacatecas. J. S. F. 



Batchen, 1884. 36805. 



Compact ; reddish. Five-inch cube. State of Zacatecas. J. S. F. Batchen, 



1884. 36804. 



