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mentioned : a very large mass of cerussite, as delicate silky 

 needles, from Pentire Glaze mine, Padstow, Cornwall ; and a 

 unique specimen of Cornish spangolite. 



Crystals of selenite, of extraordinary size, from Wayne County, 

 Utah : presented by Dr. J. E. Talmage. 



A large crystal of colourless, transparent blodite, very sym- 

 metrically developed on all sides ; from Warcha Mine, Salt 

 Range, Punjab, India : presented by the Director of the 

 Geological Survey of India. 



150 specimens, chiefly American, selected from the collection 

 made by Colonel Joseph Willcox, of Philadelphia : purchased. 



A large, isolated crystal of dolomite, with smaller crystals in 

 twin position ; from Switzerland : purchased. 



1894. 



Total acquisitions 407, including : 



Thirty-six specimens, mostly English, selected from the 

 mineral collection made by his mother, Lady Cust : presented 

 by Mr. L. Cust. 



Quartz, a large " butterfly-twin " ; probably from Brazil : 

 purchased. 



A polished slab of pink, mottled thulite ; from Lexviken, 

 Trondhjem, Norway : purchased. 



A large, square prism of scapolite, with basal plane and four 

 obliquely placed pyramid-planes ; from Brsekke, Bamle, Norway : 

 purchased. 



A set of rare tellurides, including several fine crystals, from 

 Cripple Creek, Colorado, brought together by Mr. Milton Moss : 

 purchased (1894-1901). 



Copper, cerussite, marshite, silver, embolite, anglesite, wulfe- 

 nite and chessylite, all in fine examples from Broken Hill, New 

 South Wales : purchased. 



1895. 



Total acquisitions 606, including : 



Broggerite from Moss, Norway : presented by Prof. W. C. 

 Brogger. 



Mackintoshite from Texas, and ruby from North Carolina : 

 presented by Mr. W. E. Hidden. 



Fifty-eight crystals, which had belonged to the collection of 

 Prof. Gustav Rose of Berlin : purchased. 



