MINERALS. 



By F. M. Endlich. 



The tbllov*ii)g is the catalogue of the miueials collected by Dr. Kum- 

 lien. Each oue of the species is represented by a number of specimens 

 Interesting, among them, is a collection of the supposed meteoric stones 

 from Ovifak. 



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l)o8(>. Supposed meteoeic STO>^y.s from Ovifak, Disko Island, Green- 

 land. 

 0581. Granite, probably from a drift-bowlder, Greeidand. 

 1)082. ItOSE QUARTZ. ^V largc number of specimens liom Greenland. 



0583. ORTnocLASE, from Niantilic Gulf, Cumberland. 



0584. Tourmaline, crystals with one end termination. Some of them 



are of considerable size. Color black, ^iantilic Gulf. 



0585. Muscovite, crystals and large plates. The latter contains some 



hematitic inclusions. Js^iantilic Gulf. 

 0580. Muscovite, crystals. Xiantilic Gulf. 



0587. Orthoclase, massive, yellow. Niantilic Gulf. 



0588. Biotite, in small crystals. Niantilic Gulf. 

 0580. Quartz, colorless. Niantilic Gulf. 



0500. Chalcedony, gray and blue. Disko Fjord. 



0501. Argyllite, red, compact. Ovifak. 



0502. Chalcopyrite, umssive, in quartz. Cumberland Gulf. 



0503. Pyrrhotite, associated with some pyrite. Cumberland Gulf. 



0504. S:\iOKY QUARTZ, massive. Cumberland Gulf. 



0505. Chlorite, crystallized. Cumberland Gulf. 

 0500. Apatite, crystalline. Cumberland Gulf. 



0507. Garnet, variety, probably Spcsfiariitc, crystallized in clusters and 



single large crystals. Cumberland Gulf. 



0508. Apophyllite. Small quantities associated with Chalcopyrite. 



Cumberland Gulf. 



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