LIEVRITE IN NOVA SCOTIA—GILPIN. 255 
77. Lycoperdon, pusillum, Fv.. Little puff-ball, at the roots 
of willows, North Common, Hx., Oct., 1880. 
78. Lycoperdon saccatum, Vahl. Elongated puff-ball. N. W. 
Arm, Oct., 1880. 
79. Lycoperdon pyriforme, Scheff. Pear-shaped puff-ball. On 
stumps in various places. Oct., 1880. 
Gen. 71, Scleroderma, FP’. 
8U. Scleroderma vulgare, Fr. On roadsides. Common. Aug. 
ORDER X.—Myxogastres. 
Gen. 74, Lycogala, Mich. 
81. Lyeogala epidendrum, Fr. On rotten willow stumps. 
Oct., 1880. 
ART. IIL—ON THE OCCURRENCE OF LIEVRITE IN Nova Scorta. 
By Epwin Gitrin, A. M., F.G.S., Inspector of 
Mines. 
(Read January 17, 1581.) 
I wisH to bring to the notice of the Institute the occurrence 
in Nova Scotia of a mineral resembling Lievrite, as described by 
Sir William Logan in his Geology of Canada, p. 465. 
The mineral as found in this Province came from Gabarus, in 
the Island of Cape Breton, and was given to me some years ago 
by a man who thought it was an ore of Molybdenum. 
On examination I found the colour to be black, with a faint 
olive tinge ; fracture uneven, glistening, and subvitreous; hard- 
ness, 6; specific gravity, 3.75; streak greyish. The specimen 
was faintly magnetic, but this property may have been more 
strongly manifested when it was fresh. It fused before the 
blow-pipe to a dark magnetic slag, and gave the ordinary iron 
reactions. It gelatinised slightly with Hydrochloric acid. 
My analysis of the specimen is as follows, and for the sake of 
comparison, is placed beside that given by Sir W. Logan, as 
cited above : 
