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ite, Hungary; reinerite, stranskite, and gallite, South West Africa; 

 and schuetteite and wightmanite, California. 



A total of 815 specimens was added to the Roebling collection by 

 purchase or by exchange. Among these are outstanding specimens of 

 wulfenite, calcite, and agate from Mexico. Gem specimens include 

 a 17-carat greenish-yellow brazilianite, from Brazil ; a 30-carat cat's- 

 eye cerussite, from South West Africa ; and a 9.35-carat axinite from 

 Baja California, Mexico. Acquired by purchase through the Canfield 

 fund is a magnificent group of amethyst quartz crystals from Guer- 

 rero, Mexico. The largest crystal measures 4 by 18 inches, and each 

 is tipped by white quartz. 



New acquisitions to the gem collection include a 2.86-carat deep- 

 pink diamond, Tanganyika, from S. Sydney De Young; a 235.5-carat 

 morganite, Brazil, from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ix, Jr.; a 277.9-carat 

 citrine, Brazil, from Albert Cutter; and a 177-carat kunzite, Cali- 

 fornia, from the American Gem Society. Gem specimens acquired 

 by purchase through the Chamberlain fund for the Issac Lea collection 

 include a 17.5-carat pink tourmaline cat's-eye and a 4,500-carat faceted 

 smoky quartz egg, both from California ; and a 9-carat axinite, from 

 Baja California, Mexico. 



During the year 20 meteorites were added to the collection, of which 

 11 were not previously represented. The Bogou meteorite was of 

 special interest. This 8.8-kilogram coarse octahedrite, which came 

 to the Museum through the generous cooperation of the Government 

 of Upper Volta and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, was ob- 

 served to fall in Upper Volta on August 14, 1962. It is being ex- 

 tensively studied in several laboratories because observed falls of iron 

 meteorites are extremely rare. 



In the division of invertebrate paleontology and paleobotany, a 

 number of important collections of invertebrate fossils were acquired. 

 Among transfers of type specimens from the U.S. Geological Survey 

 were: 68 Permian pelecypods described by K. Ciriaks of Columbia 

 University; 369 specimens of Upper Cretaceous oysters from the 

 western interior ; 40 Permian corals from Nevada with thin sections ; 

 and 33 specimens and 87 thin sections of Middle Silurian corals from 

 Quebec, described by W. A. Oliver, Jr. 



Funds from the Walcott bequest were used to purchase the Hughes 

 collection of Tertiary invertebrates from Florida, numbering more 

 than 50,000 specimens. The Walcott fund also provided means for 

 staff collections which included 4,000 Upper Cretaceous mollusks 

 from the western interior; 5,000 Tertiary invertebrates from Hamp- 

 ton, Va. ; and 2,000 fossil echinoids from southwestern Florida. The 

 Springer fund made possible the purchase of 210 Triassic echinoids 

 and 72 Paleozoic echinoids from the western United States. 



