4 Notices of the Mineralogy and Geology, &c. 
state. ee it is thought, has been maging a= in se for- 
mer district, near Andersonvi 
Of ae T shall endeavour. to obtain specimens in the 
summer, when f expect to visit the upper country. 
_ At the Warm Springs, (Buncombe County, North ae 
lina,) limestone begins to be found, as we go west. After 
passing them, we are in the limestone country. A lime- 
aes cave is situated very near them. Patent yellow* is 
found native within a few miles, unless the chemists and 
painters, w ho have examined the substance there found, be 
deceived. Sulphate of barytes is eboartaiys in the neigh- 
bourhood. 
General remarks. The focalsies given in Cleaveland 
from McClure, I find almost always correct, and I presume 
- ance: find thei always so, had I time for strict examina- 
= Minera s rings abound. - Among the most inter , is 
ia Ss a few miles from eting i 
i a 
; arolina, | measGaledss: This was ert 
bene rte Dr.§ Smith ej — fair to be the most 
“The josh saan belowhi is intended fér a perpendicular 
section ina W.N. W. direction from the mountains to the 
= passing through the tract of — and that of ar- 
aceous schistus. 
remain with great respect, 
~ fgg Coes papil, and? sincere fiomk 
See hoes JO nese DICKSON. 
st the Editor. \ i 
canst ou ‘Mr. Dickson, was a very ee erystal of 
rundum ; it isa regular prism of six sides—the di 
Berner: measures one inch, and the greatest length of the 
erystal is nearly three-fourths of an inch} its colour is blue ; ; 
it seratches kane garnet, and beryl; it presents the 
cleavage and strie of the East Indian corundum, and in 
Mots: looks i in all espects so like the speiticns from those 
* Such was, at first, the impression of {Nis laie: Pacloves rE. D. Smith, of 
the College of South ath Carolina, but it was rath kened b tio 
of the facts and of the evidence.~ —Eulitor. Raknduawek 
t This sketch bei being hastily made with the pen, it was not thought neces- 
sary to have it engraved.— Editor 
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