360 Minerals. 



Aragonite : a unique group of large crystals from the 



neighbourhood of Glasgow. 

 Calcite : a group of twinned and simple crystals from 



Derbyshire. 

 Cromfordite : two very fine crystallised specimens, of extreme 



rarity, and, until 1851, the best that were known : from 



Derbyshire. 

 Apatite : a group of extremely fine, large crystals from 



Russia. This occurrence appears to be represented in 



Russian collections by only two, rather smaller, specimens. 



Various volcanic minerals from Guadaloupe, West Indies ; 

 an amber necklace, supposed to be of Roman workmanship, 

 found in Lincolnshire : presented by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. 

 F.R.S. 



1811. 



Chrysoberyl from Greenfield, New York : presented by 

 Prof. Archibald Bruce. 



Copalite (" Highgate resin ") from Highgate, Middlesex : 

 presented by Mr. Snow. 



Platinum from South America : presented by Mr. F. Bauer. 



1812. 



A specimen of surturbrand (lignite) from Iceland : presented 

 by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., F.R.S. 



1813. 



A small nugget of gold, weighing 57 grains (3 '69 grams), 

 from County Wick low : presented by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., 

 F.R.S. 



1814. 



Silver in calcite, from Peru : presented by Don Hipolito 

 Unanue. 



1815. 



Iridosmine with platinum, gold and magnetite, from the 

 Urals : presented by Dr. W. H. Wollaston, F.R.S. 



The library and the Natural History collections of Baron 

 K. E. von Moll [1760-1838], of Salzburg and Munich, were 

 purchased ; many minerals of great scarcity and beauty, especially 

 from Salzburg and Tyrol, were thus added to the Collection. 



