364 Minerals. 



1833. 



Turquoise from Persia : presented by Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. 



Worked articles of agate and heliotrope : presented by Lady 

 Frances Trail. 



Two faceted green tourmalines : purchased. 



A suite of specimens of alluvial and other gold, brought 

 together by Captain G. F. Lyon, R.N., during his stay in the 

 principal gold districts of Brazil : purchased. 



1834. 



A very large mass of aluminite from Newhaven, Sussex : 

 presented by Dr. G. Mantell, F.R.S. 



After the death, in 1832, of the Dowager Countess of Ayles- 

 ford, her extensive collection of minerals came into the possession 

 of Mr. Henry Heuland [1777 ? 1856], mineral dealer of London, 

 from whom many choice specimens selected from the Aylesford 

 collection were purchased by the Trustees in 1834 : the two- 

 volume manuscript catalogue of this collection is now preserved 

 in the Department. At various times other fine specimens 

 were purchased from Mr. Heuland, particularly from his private 

 collection. 



1835. 



Diallage, cuprite, and other minerals from Cornwall : presented 

 by Mr. Ashurst Majendie. 



Chessylite from Chessy, France : purchased. 

 Native copper from the Bank mines, Siberia : purchased. 

 Amethyst from Porcura, Transylvania : purchased. 

 Native gold from Sweden and Transylvania : purchased. 



1836. 



Well crystallised specimens of cerussite, calamine (large green 

 rhombohedra from Chessy), beryl, mimetite, gold, argentite, 

 rutile, barytes, idocrase, apatite, and fluor : presented by Mr. 

 R. Simmons, F.R.S. 



Large crystals of sulphur on the matrix ; from Conil, Cadiz, 

 Spain : purchased. 



