Minerals. 385 



Sapphires and spinels, from Siam : presented by Mr. H, 

 Warington Smyth. 



A reticular mass of twinned crystals of cerussite, and other 

 minerals, from Broken Hill, New South Wales : purchased. 



A long, hexagonal crystal of phenakite, with terminal planes ; 

 from Kragero, Norway : purchased. 



Large crystals of cryolite, grouped together in parallel position, 

 and other minerals from Greenland : purchased. 



1899. 



Total acquisitions 551, including : 



Dodecahedral crystals of argyrodite, encrusting a mass of 

 pyrargyrite ; from Colquechaca, Potosi, Bolivia : presented by 

 Mr. Avelino Aramayo. 



A large specimen of andorite, encrusted with numerous large 

 crystals ; from Itos Atocha mine, Oruro, Bolivia : presented by 

 Mr. Thomas J. Hooper. 



A collection (forty-six specimens) of Bolivian minerals, in- 

 cluding augelite, stannite, andorite, wolfsbergite : presented by 

 Sir W. Martin Conway. 



A specimen of barytes, consisting of seven large, brownish 

 crystals showing zonal growth, on a matrix of dolomite dusted 

 over with red haematite; from Goose Green mine, Frizington, 

 Cumberland : purchased. 



An isolated twin of rock-crystal (quartz) from Japan : pur- 

 chased. 



A large, sharply denned, hexagonal prism of green, opaque 

 beryl, from Moss, Christiania Fjord, Norway : purchased. 



1900. 



Total acquisitions 443, including : 



About one hundred representative minerals from Japan : 

 presented by Dr. T. Kochibe, Director of the Geological Survey 

 of Japan. 



A large, scalenohedral crystal of proustite, with a smaller 

 crystal intergrown, of a rich red colour and nearly transparent \ 

 from Chanarcillo, Chili : purchased. 



A large, isolated, twinned crystal of orthoclase, of a grey 

 colour ; from Tvedestrand, Nedenas, Norway : purchased. 

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