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1816. 



The collection of Baron F. C. von Beroldingen [1740-1798], 

 of Hanover and the Palatinate, was purchased in 1816, many 

 years after his death, from his nephew Count J. I. von Beroldingen, 

 the Wiirtemberg Minister in London : the specimens, about 14,000 

 in number, are small in size and of mediocre quality, but had at 

 the time of acquisition a certain amount of interest by reason of 

 their localities, or as illustrating the ideas developed by the 

 collector in his published works more especially his " Bemerk- 

 ungen auf einer Heise durch die Pfalzisclien und Zweybruclcschen 

 Quecksilber-BergwerJce" published in 1788. A manuscript German 

 catalogue in two volumes is preserved in the Department. 



1817. 



Berzelianite, yttrocerite, and other recently-discovered Swedish 

 minerals : presented by Professor J. J. Berzelius. 



Yttrotantalite from Sweden : presented by Sir Joseph Banks, 

 Bart., F.R.S. 



Wavellite from Devonshire : presented by Dr. William 

 Wavell. 



1818. 



Amber, graphite, and other minerals from Greenland: pre- 

 sented by Captain (afterwards Sir) Edward Sabine, F.R.S. 



A waterworn mass of copper, brought by Mr. Samuel Hearne 

 from a spot 29 or 30 miles S.S.E. of the mouth of the Coppermine 

 river, British North America, in 1771 : presented by the Hudson 

 Bay Company. 



Melilite, and other Vesuvian minerals: presented by Earl 

 Compton (afterwards Marquess of Northampton). 



1819. 



Three specimens of ilvaite from Elba : presented by Mr. 

 Marry at. 



1820. 



Calcite and copper-pyrites from the Ecton mine, Staffordshire : 

 presented by the Duke of Devonshire. 



Several specimens of graphite, showing the mineral in different 

 kinds of matrix, from Borrowdale, Cumberland : presented by 

 Mr. Henry Banks. 



