616 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



(4) South America. 



Marble, liight green, dark veined; very compact. 6 by 6 by 1 incbes. Encra- 

 zilbada, Province of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. American Institute of Mining 

 Engineers, 1885. 37835. 



Marble [bituminous limestone]. Black with irregular white veins. 6 by 6 by 

 1 inches. Province of Sao Paulo, Brazil. American Institute of Mining Engineers, 

 1885. 37837. 



Marble fophlcalcite]. Light and dark green banded. 6 by 6 by 1 inches. Prov- 

 ince of Sao Paulo, Brazil. American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1885. 37838. 



Marble [limestone]. Fine; green and dark mottled; crystalline. 6 by 6 by 1 

 inch. Brazil. American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1885. 37839. 



Building stone. Dark gray and pinkish. Four specimens. 4 by 4 by 2^ inches. 

 Argentine Confederation. Centennial, 1876. 25072. 



Biotite gneiss. Memorial stone from the Washington Monument. Brazil. D. 

 O'Leary, 1885. 37629. 



(5) Great Britain. 



ENGLAND. 



Serpentine. Dark olive-green, with veins, streaks, and blotches of greenish white, 

 chocolate brown, and blood red. Six specimens. 4i by 5 by If; 4i by 4| by 1|; 

 7i by 4 by f ; 5 by 3^ by U ; 4f by 3J by H and 4^ by 2| by 1 inch. Lizard dis- 

 trict, CornwaU. R. N. Worth, 1887. 39011. 



Slate. Purple. Slab 8 inches square. Two specimens. North Wales. Centen- 

 nial, 1876. 26030. 



Model of a roof, showing the timber framing, with the method of fixing the 



slate. 24 inches long, 18 inches broad, and 12 inches high. North Wales. 

 Centennial, 1876. 36999. 



Blue-black and purple. Two specimens. Carnarvon, North Wales. Centen- 



nial, 1876. 37000. 



SCOTLAND. 



Hornblende granite. Polished column of; coarse red. 8 by 3| inches. Aberdeen. 

 A. Macdonald, Field &, Co. 27011. 



Polished column of ; coarse gray. 8 by 3^ inches. Aberdeen. A. Macdonald, 



Field & Co. 27010. 

 Biotite granite. Polished column of; coarse red. 8 by 3^ inches. Aberdeen. A. 

 Macdonald, Field &. Co. 27012. 



Polished column of; coarse gray, with large porphyritic crystals of pink feld- 



spar. 8 by 3| inches. Aberdeen.* A. Macdonald, Field «fc Co. 27013. 



Polished column of; dark gray. 8 by 3^ Inches. Aberdeen. A. Macdonald, 



Field & Co. 27009. 

 Muscovite biotite granite. Polished column of; light gray. 8 by 3 J inches. 



Aberdeen. A Macdonald, Field & Co. 27008. 

 Muscovite granite. Coarse; very light gray. 4 by 4 by li inches. Aberdeen. 



Thomas Wilson, 1887. 38825. 

 Sandstone. Carboniferous; fine; light red. Ballochmyle. Tenth Census, 1880. 



26668. 



Permian ; fine ; dull red. Near Auan. Tenth Census, 1880. 27349. 



* This stone is probablj from Shap, in Cumberland, England. 



