Minerals. 369 



probably from Ceylon ; before being recognized to be topaz, it 

 had for some time been in use as a door-weight in Fleet Street, 

 London : purchased. 



A large specimen of chessylite, encrusted with large crystals ; 

 from Chessy, Dep. du Rhone, France : purchased. 



1855. 



Total acquisitions 163, including: 



Jade from New Zealand : presented by Sir George Grey, 

 K.C.B. 



Greenland minerals, including fine columbites : presented by 

 Mr. J. W. Tayler. 



1856. 



Total acquisitions 200, including : 



A large prismatic crystal of quartz, with sharply defined 

 negative crystals and a large cavity enclosing liquid and a bubble : 

 purchased. 



1857. 



Total acquisitions 112, including : 



Specimens of jarrowite : presented by Prof. Richard Owen, 

 F.R.S., and Mr. J. Hodgson. 



Argentite from Freiberg, Saxony : purchased. 



1858. 



Total acquisitions 723, including: 



Zeolites, and other minerals from Scotland and the Faroe 

 Islands : presented by Mr. P. Dudgeon. 



The "Latrobe" gold nugget, well crystallised in cubes and 

 weighing 23 oz. Troy (717 grams) ; from Mclvor Mount, Victoria ; 

 raised May 1st, 1853, in the presence of His Excellency C. J. 

 Latrobe, the Governor of the Colony : purchased. 



Brilliant crystals of heulandite encrusting the matrix ; from 

 Beruf jord, Iceland : purchased. 



A group of large, black octahedra of spinel, with crystals of 

 cliopside, phlogopite and calcite; from Amity, Orange County, 

 New York : purchased. 



A series of silver-bearing minerals from Chili : purchased. 



