310 Scientific Intelligence. 
It is thought that this powder had not a volcanic origin, and 
that the presence of chrome assimilates it with meteoric stones. 
11. Gnaphalium. 
Professor Ives has discovered a new species of gnaphalium 
with decurrent leaves, of which a plate and description will ap- 
pear in our next number. | ’ 
12. Augite. 
M. Haiiy has united the fassalite and the. bakalite with the sab- 
lite, a sub-species of augite. (See Mem. of the Museum of Nat. 
Hist. vol. 3.) 
13. A New Vegetable Alkalt, 
Has been found by Messrs. Pelletier and Caventon in the Feve 
St. Ignace and the Nux Vomica. It has been named the Vau- 
quelin, in honor of M. Vauquelin. (Journal de Physique, for 
Aug. 1818.) 
14. New Minerals. 
Two new mineral species have been discovered, the scorro- 
dite from Schnuburg in Saxony, and the tungstate of lead from 
Zinnwald in Bohemia. Ibid. 
15. New Metal. 
A new metal has been discovered by Berzelius, jn the 
of Fahlun in Sweden, to which he has given the name of Sele- 
nium. Ibid. 
mines 
16. Pure Alumine. 
' Alarge bed of this substance, perfectly pure, has been found 
at Argenton, Department de L’Endre. [bid. 
17. Collections of American “Minerals. 
We are informed that under the auspices of Col- Gibbs, 4 
collection of American minerals by states, according to the sail 
rangement of the minerals of the departments of France, 9 
the cabinet of the school of mines at Paris, was begun some 
time since, at the rooms of the Hist. Society in New-York ; 
and recently in the University of Cambridge. In the arrange 
