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tion. and either by purchase or donation he retained for himself types 

 of his species." 



Mr. T. T. Bouve ofiered the foUowIiiG: remarks : — 



Mineralogists are well acquainted with the occurrence of Cinna- 

 mon Stone and Pyroxene and sometimes of Cinnamon Stone, Pyrox- 

 ene and Idocrase tofrether in vai'ious localities of New England, 

 particularly in those of Amherst, N. II., and Phippsburg, IMaine, from 

 which places many fine specimens have been procured which adorn 

 their cabinets. 



I am happy in being able to announce another interesting locality 

 of the same minerals; Cinnamon Stone, Pyroxene and Idocrase occur- 

 ring together in Warren, N. II., a few miles from the Tremolite vein, 

 which is well known for the interesting combination of Sulphurets of 

 Iron, Copper, Lead, and Cadmifcrous Zinc which it contains. The 

 specimens which I exhibit and which have been obtained for the 

 Society by exchange with JNIr. M. Woolson, a gentleman of Concord 

 much interested in scientific pursuits, will give you some idea of the 

 interesting character of the discovery. The garnets fully equal, and 

 perhaps surpass, any that have been found in this country, approach- 

 ing in beauty those of St. Gothard. 



The Idocrase is of brown color similar to that found at Amherst. 

 The Pp'oxene is well crystallized and of a fine green color. 



Cinnamon Stone Garnet or E-sonite is, as you are aware, a silicate 

 of Alumina and Lime. Idoci-ase has the same composition. Pyrox- 

 ene is also a silicate, with Lime as one of its bases. All are silicates 

 containing Lime ; and Dr. Jackson remai'ks, in his report upon the 

 Geology of New Hampshire, that the occurrence of these species to- 

 gether at the junction of the limestone with the primary rocks, suf- 

 ficiently indicates their igneous origin, since we know that just such 

 series have resulted from igneous agency elsewhere. Associated 

 with these minerals at Phippsburg, Dr. Jackson and Mr. Alger dis- 

 covered, many years since, a few specimens of the rare mineral Axin- 

 ite, presenting the same crystallization as that of Dauphlny. I would 

 suggest, therefore, to those who may visit the new locality of Cinna- 

 mon Stone at Warren, as also to such as may obtain specimens from 

 the other localities where Cinnamon Stone and the other associated 

 species occur, to look for Axinite. It would be strange indeed, if the 

 few specimens obtained by Dr. Jackson and IVIr. Alger, and Avhich the 

 former gentleman now has in his cabinet, should be all that were 

 found. 



Other localities of Cinnamon Stone and associated minera'.s in New 

 England, are, Parsonficld and Rumford, Maine, and Carlisle and Box- 

 borough, Mass. 



