THE ONYX MARBLES. 



583 



No 16054. One small piece of dark amber variegated stone, 5 by 7^ inches, cut 



across the grain and polished. Locality as above. Received from Thomas 



Donaldson. 

 No. 25374. Block of translticent stalagmitic marble, 3i by 4 by 5 inches. From the 



Lnray Caverns, Page County. Virginia. Received.from R. R. Corson. 1881. 

 No. 67981. Massive stalagmite cut in half and polished to show structure. Locality 



as above. Received from J. H. Morrison, 

 No 60693. Irregular slab of translucent stalagmitic marble, of light, amber color, 



about 12 by 14 inches. Suism, Solano County, California. Received from H. A. 



Ward. 1893. ^ . . , 



No 60694. Irregular slab about 3 by 2 feet by U inches of dark amber variegated 



travertine, cut with the grain and polished. Locality as above. Obtained Irom 



H. A. Ward. 

 No '^5637 Block of translucent stalagmitic marble, coarsely crystalline, almost 

 granular, light amber yellow, U by 10+ by 14f inches. Luray, Virginia. 

 Received from R. R. Corson. 1881. 

 No 62072 Slab of nearly white, faintly translucent stalagmitic marble, from broken- 

 down cave near Marion, Smyth County, Virginia; 15 by 16 inches. Received 

 from Dr. John S. Apperson. 1893. 

 Ne. 67366 and No. 67366rt. Two slabs and large block of dark amber and brown, 

 scarcely translucent stalagmitic material, cut across the grain, and showing 

 concentric structure, from farm of G. H. Killinger, Marion, Smyth County, Vir- 

 ginia. About 12 by 18 inches and 18 by 18 inches. Received from F. V. Z. Carach- 

 risti. 1891. 

 No. 68131. Slab of nearly white stalagmitic material, from cave near Andersonville, 



Tennessee. Cut across the grain. Received from W. H. Evans & Sons. 1892. 

 No. 60624. Cross section of stalagmite, some 7 inches in diameter, translucent, from 

 Wyandotte Cave, Wyandotte, Indiana. Collected by George P. Merrill. 1893, 

 No. 68144. Two massive stalagmites cut and polished to show structure. Locality 



as above. Collected by George P. Merrill. 

 No. 60625. Turned ornament of stalagmite, some 7 by 11 inches ; light, amber colored ; 



translucent. Locality as above. 

 No. 68126. Irregular blocks, polished on one side, of stalagmitic material, from broken- 

 down cave's near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia. White and 

 amber. Received from F. Staling. 

 No. 67583. Slab of stalagmitic material, cut across the grain ; 10 by 12 inches. 



Locality as above. Gift of J. S. Moftett. 1892. 

 No. 68188. Conical block, about 8 inches at base and 9 inches in height, of red, 

 brown, and white stalagmite, from cave at West Plains, Howell County, Mis- 

 souri. Gift of W. P. Davis. 1892. 

 No. 60699. Slab of opaque, dark amber brown stalagmite, from cave in Crawford 



County, Missouri ; 25 by 27 inches. Received from J. F. Leighton. 1893. 

 No. 67913. Irregular blocks of faintly greenish stalagmitic material, from caves in 

 the Stevenlon-Bennett mines, west slope of Organ Mountains, near Las Cruces, 

 New Mexico. Collected by George P. Merrill. 1892. 

 No. 61404. Large rough block of white, scarcely translucent stalagmitic material, 

 from Marian County, Arkansas. Received from State Commissioner World's 

 Columbian Exposition. 1893. 

 No 67617. Finely banded irregular travertine of white color, from about 12 miles 

 southwest of El Paso, Texas ; 8 by 3 inches. Received from F. W. Crosby. 1892. 

 No. 67618. Small block of finely banded pearl white travertine ( ?), with ocherous 

 veins, from near El Paso, Texas; 3 by 5 by U inches. Received from F. W. 

 Crosby. 1892. . 



No. 61405. Polished slab, 24 by 36 by 2 inches, of dark amber and whitish material, 

 from near Las Vegas, Valencia County, New Mexico. Received from T. B. Mills. 

 1894. 



