56 Miscelianeous Localities of Minerais. 
Coal, Gypsum and Baryies, by Honatio N. Fenn, M. D. 
G N.Y. 
eneseo, N. 
. Small specimens of Coal, collected about eight miles 
from Geneseo, The vein from which they were taken is 
about six inches in width and half an inch thick. tis situated 
in the face of a cliff fifty feet in height—composed of a 
dark coloured, calcareous slate, which by friction emits a 
fetid odour. ‘This cliff forms the boundary of a narrow 
valley or Glen, through which flows a brook, bearing the 
Indian name of Quisequagh. A considerable residuum is 
lefi behind, after burning ; “but think it the best bituminous 
‘coal 1 have seen in this part of the State.” 
Foliaied gypsumof a rose colour. Several specimens were 
found below the falis at Rochester, one of which is very 
beautiful, It is composed of a bivalve shell, resembling 
that of the common round clam, the inside of which is com- 
pletely filled with sulphate of Lime of a beautiful rose red. 
Nodular Sulphate of Barytes, from the bed of the Gene- 
see river, afew miles below Rochester. _The Nodules are 
e din red sandstone, and externally have the gene- 
ral appearance of agates. je 
Sulphur in Granite. 
Extract of a letter from Mr. Ropert Mair, dated 
Sramrorp, (Con.) Aug. 25, 1823. 
“ A few days since, a stone of a curious nature, nearly 
the size of a bushel, was broken to pieces. 1 procured a 
w specimens, which I send you. The minuter fragments 
were taken from the center of the stone; the larger shew 
the outward appearance. — ; 
he people in the vicinity imagine it fell from a thunder 
eloud. The hill on which it was found they have already 
named Brimstone Hill.” 
Note. The specimens above alluded to are granite, in- 
closing sulphur. As far as can be judged from them, the 
stone was originally a small bowlder of granite, inclosing a 
collection (geode) of crystals of iron pyrites. The granite 
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