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at Ivanpah, Cal., by Mr. S. Goddard. It lias been partially described 

 by Prof. C. U. Shepard, and is in the possession of Mr. Hanks, the 

 State geologist of California. 



It is known that etched surfaces of meteoric irons exhibit definite 

 figures resultant from the crystallization of the iron, and which not 

 appearing upon surfaces of common iron have been considered as char- 

 acteristic of meteoric iron. Mr. Daubre6, and afterward Meunier, 

 succeeded in obtaining such figures on nickeliferous iron, and now Dr. 

 J. Lawrence Smith has succeeded in inducing like figures upon polished 

 surfaces of iron containing silicon. Add to this the circumstance that 

 the same happens when the Ovifak iron, which is now generally ad- 

 mitted to be terrestrial, is treated, and it can scarcely be claimed any 

 longer that these figures are alone characteristic of meteoric irons. 



NEW MINERALS. 



We will now refer briefly to the new minerals that have been de- 

 scribed. We think it will be seen that, if a few minerals should be struck 

 from this list, this portion might be left out of a report upon progress, 

 for many of these new minerals are described more for the zeal for nam- 

 ing than for any information of interest that their study has developed. 



Abriachantite. — An impure, bluish clay, like mineral, named by Heddle 

 after the locality where it is found in Scotland. A name given to a 

 poorly identified species. 



Animikite. — A very basic silver antimonide found by H. Wurtz at Silver 

 Islet, in Lake Superior. Its name is derived from animikie, which 

 means thunder; whence Thunder Bay derives its name. It is not 

 established as a species. 



Bernardinite. — A new mineral resin found by J. M. Stillman, in San 

 Bernardino County, California, It is white in color, and so porous 

 and light that it will float on water. A new resin has also been 

 described by C. Dolter in the communications of the Steinmark natural 

 history society. It was found by him in the tertiary lignites. 



Bhreclcite. — A substance found by Heddle at Ben Bhreck, in Sutherland, 

 Scotland. A calcareous chlorite like mineral of undetermined com- 

 position. Named on account of the possibility that it might prove 

 new. 



Eggo7iite.—Vr6hah\y a cadmium silicate, which is found in minute light 

 brown crystals on calamine at Altenberg, near Aix-la-Chapelle. It 

 was described by Schrauf, who determined it to be triclinic, but he 

 did not definitely decide its com^^osition. 



Menorite.— An hydrous iron phosphate, found by A. Nies in the Eloe- 

 nore mine, near Giessen. It is rhombic, dark brown, translucent, and 

 vitreous in luster. Its investigation is, however, still incomplete. 



Eucryptite.—A lithium aluminum silicate, discovered by Brush and 

 Dana, at Branchville, Conn. It is intimately intermingled with 

 albite, forming what they call /? spodumene. The two minerals are 



