382 Minerals. 



Asbestos, a mass of long, white fibres, from Valtellina, 

 Lombardy, Italy : presented by the United Asbestos Company. 



A pale-blue, doubly terminated crystal of topaz, from Ala- 

 baschka, Mursinsk, Perm, Russia: purchased. 



1891. 



Total acquisitions 458, including : 



A large crystal of .sphene, from Risor, Norway : presented by 

 Mr. A. L. Collins. 



Various minerals from Ceylon, one of which was afterwards 

 found to be a new species and named baddeleyite : presented by 

 Mr. J. Baddeley. 



A fine, large group of white, prismatic crystals of laumontite, 

 on the matrix ; from Felso-Csertes, Deva, Hunyad, Transylvania : 

 purchased. 



1892. 



Total acquisitions 504, including : 



A large mass of botryoidal malachite from Copper Queen 

 mine, Bisbee, Arizona : presented by Dr. James Douglas. 



Silicified wood, a polished section of a tree trunk; from 

 Holbrook, Apache County, Arizona : purchased. 



A large, isolated, prismatic crystal of diopside from Hull, 

 Quebec, Canada : purchased. 



Small, brilliant crystals of black blende, scattered over 

 crystallised quartz ; from Alston, Cumberland : purchased. 



A very fine group of targe, purple cubes of fluor, the crystals 

 being in part transparent and showing zonal bands of colour ; 

 from Weardale, Durham : purchased. 



Large cubes of galena on the matrix, with small, curved 

 rhombohedra of pearl-spar and small crystals of blende and 

 quartz ; from Alston, Cumberland : purchased. 



Clusters of large, brilliant crystals of sulphur on the matrix ; 

 from Girgenti, Sicily : purchased. 



1893. 



Total acquisitions 1023, including : 



550 specimens, chiefly from Cornish mines, selected from the 

 extensive collection of Mr. J. C. Williams, of Caerhays Castle, 

 Cornwall, a collection made by his father and grandfather ; 

 presented by Mr. J. C. Williams. Of these may be specially 



