EXCURSIONS. 



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interesting from having been personally collected by their scientific 

 owner. All regretted that the time of year precluded the possi- 

 bility of seeing Mr. Elwes ? s splendid collection of lilies in bloom, 

 a collection perhaps unique in Great Britain, and which he has 

 so magnificently illustrated and described in his splendid monograph 

 on the Liliacete. On the i-eturn journey the rain descended in torrents, 

 preventing an intended visit to the Corinium Museum at Cirencester, 

 rich in Roman and Saxon antiquities, and which Mr. Christopher 

 Bowly had most kindly consented to describe. But, weather notwith- 

 standing, the party returned to Cheltenham well satisfied with the 

 day's occupations. 



THE MINERALS OF THE MIDLANDS. 



BY C. J. WOODWARD, B.SC. 



LIST OF THE MINERALS OF DERBYSHIRE 

 Compiled by the Rev. J. M. Mello, M.A., F.G.S. 



DIVISION I. 



The Native Elements. 



NAMES. REMARKS. 



I Traces said to have been found 



CHIEF LOCALITIES. 



Copper . . 



Silver . . 



Antimony 

 Arsenic . . 



Bismuth 

 Sulphur 



Gold . . . . - at junction with Toadstone, in !■ TVTjii er ' s T) a i e 



( Bakewell and in Miller's Dale.) 

 Occasionally found in the lead | Carb. Limestone 

 mines . . . . . . . . J" district. 



Generally present in more or less I yy^ 

 quantity with Galena . . . . j 



Occasionally present in lead ores. Ditto. 



Ditto 



I Found on analysis in some altered ) 



I Clay f 



I Said to have been found in old ! 

 ( mine . . . . . . . . j 



DIVISION II. 



Compounds of the Arsenoide and Thionide Elements. 



Ditto. 

 Ti^eswellDale. 



Castleton. 



Arsenides. 

 Sulphides. 



Iron Pyrites 



Marcasite 

 Chalcopyrites 



Galena . . 



| Common. Fine cubes in Lime-1 



stone and Coal, also pyramids | Geuera] . 

 in Shale and Coal, also con- 



[ cretionary forms 



I Common, fine crystals often in ) Castleton, 



\ Limestone, Shale, and Coal . . j Staveley, &c. 



Mining districts in Limestone . 

 Common in the Carb. Limestone, 

 often in fine crystals ; also 

 found occasionally in Coal 

 ( Measures 



( Common. Occasionally present 

 Blende . . ..4 in Clay Ironstone nodules in V 

 Coal Measures . . . . 



Zinc and Iron ) T T -, -. T ■ ) 



T, r ... , In Lead Veins .. .. . . ,- 



Marmatite . . I ) 



Matlock, etc. 



Matlock, 



Castleton, 



Winster, 



&c, &c. 



Matlock, Crom- 

 ford, Winster, 

 Ashover, &c. 



Castleton. 



Matlock, &c. 



