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well crystallised in cubes, was so called in his honour, having been raised 

 in his presence at Mclvor Mount, Victoria, on May 1st, 1853 ; the nugget 

 was purchased in 1858. 



Law (S.). 



Presented, in 1843, carnelian, jasper and chalcedony, from India. 

 Leadbeater (BENJAMIN). 



Presented, in 1838, witherites from Northumberland. 

 Lehmann (GUSTAV). 



Presented, in 1874, two large, isolated crystals of parisite from Muso, 

 Colombia. 



Leidy (Dr. JOSEPH). [1823-1891] 



Presented, in 1876, specimens of corundum and associated minerals 

 from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, and also various other minerals 

 from the United States ; and, in 1878, coquimbite, erythrite, etc., from 

 Chili. 



Lettsom (WILLIAM GARROW). [?-1887] 



Joint author with E. P. Greg (q.v.) of a " Manual of the Mineralogy 

 of Great Britain and Ireland," published in 1858. 



Presented, in 1846, a group of pale flesh-red rhombohedra of chabazite 

 (acadialite) on the matrix, and a group of brick-red rhombohedra of 

 chabazite with stilbite in a rock-cavity, both from Wasson's Bluff, Bay of 

 Fundy, Nova Scotia ; in 1850, two groups of dark-green crystals of epidote 

 on the matrix, from Traversella, Piedmont ; and, in 1863, specimens of 

 chalcedonic minerals from Uruguay. 



Leuchtenberg (H.I.H. ihe DuJce of). [1843-1891] 



President of the Imperial Mineralogical Society of St. Petersburg 



[1865-1891]. 



Presented, in 1869, a nugget of platinum, weighing 1350 grains 



(87 '5 grams), from Nijni-Tagilsk, Urals. 



Liversidge (ARCHIBALD). [1846- ] 



Professor of chemistry at the University of Sydney. 



Presented, in 1885, thin sections, and, in 1897, a fragment of the 

 Barratta, meteorite ; and, in 1891, a slice of the Thunda meteorite. 



Loftus (WILLIAM KENNETT). [1821 M858] 



Archaeologist and traveller. 



Presented, in 1855, limestones, schists and slates, which he had 

 collected in the mountain ranges of western Persia, and also volcanic rocks 

 from Lake Van, etc. 

 Logan (Sir WILLIAM EDMOND). [1798-1875] 



Director of the Geological Survey of Canada [1842-1870]. 



Presented, in 1856, a fragment of the Madoc meteorite. 



London Basalt Stone Company, Directors of the. 



Presented, in 1899, a column of basalt, 14* feet (4 "4 meters) long, 

 from Ehenish Prussia. 

 Ludlam (HENRY). [1824-1880] 



Henry Ludlam devoted his leisure to mineralogy, and brought together 

 an extremely fine collection, in which were included the collections made 



