412 Minerals. 



3. ALPHABETICAL LIST OP THE MORE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTORS 

 TO THE COLLECTION OF MINERALS, ROCKS AND METEORITES 

 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS. 



His Majesty King George the Fourth. [1762-1830] 



Presented, in 1828, a collection of choice specimens from the Harz 

 Mountains ; the large groups of crystals of calcite and pyrargyrite being 

 especially fine. 



H.R.H. Albert, Prince Consort. [1819-1861] 



Presented, in 1847, an enormous group of large, colourless, prismatic 

 crystals of gypsum, from Reinhardsbrunn, Gotha, Germany. 



H.R.H. Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, [1773-1843] 

 President of the Pioyal Society [1830-1838], and Trustee of the 



British Museum. 



Presented, in 1837, about 40 specimens of serpentines, dolerites, etc., 



from the shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, sent by Lieut. Bowen, R.N. 



Admiralty, Lords Commissioners of the. 



Presented, in the years 1811, 1816, 1821, 1823, 1825, 1826, 1844, 1851, 

 1877 and 1890, various rock-collections, obtained by exploring expeditions 

 sent out by Great Britain ; also, in 1819, small fragments of the Melville 

 Bay meteorite (Ross's Iron). 



Alabaster (HENRY). 



Presented, in 1870, crystals of sapphire and zircon from Siam. 



Alibert (Iv. P.). 



Presented, in 1864, with other Siberian specimens, a large mass of 

 graphite from the Alibert mine, near Battugol, Irkutsk ; a large polished 

 boulder of jade, weighing 1156 Ib. (524 '4 kilograms), from the same 

 district, was purchased from him in 1863. 



Allan (THOMAS). [1777-1833] 



Thomas Allan, F.R.S., an Edinburgh banker, devoted his leisure to 

 mineralogy, and began the formation of what was ultimately the finest 

 private collection of minerals in England. Many specimens were collected 

 by him in England, Ireland, France, Faroe Islands, etc. ; others were 

 given to, or exchanged with, him by all the well-known mineralogists 

 and collectors of the day. He acquired Giesecke's (q.v.) collection of 

 Greenland minerals. In the enrichment and arrangement of his collection, 

 Allan was much assisted by Haidinger (q.v.), more especially during the 

 years 1823-1826, whilst the latter w'as resident in Edinburgh ; much of 

 the material mentioned in Haidinger's earlier papers belonged to this 

 collection. After Allan's death the collection was purchased by 

 II. H. Greg (q.v.~), from whom it was purchased by the Trustees in 1860. 



