438 Minerals. 



Seidler (C.). 



Presented, in 1885, a very large, simple crystal of staurolite, and, in 

 1890, a fibrolite hatchet ; both from France. 



Sharpe (Sir ALFRED, C.B., K.G.M.G.). [1853- ] 

 His Majesty's Commissioner for British Central Africa. 

 Presented, in 1899, two of the Zomba meteoric stones. 



Shockley (W. H.). 



Presented, in 1898, a series of rock-specimens, collected by him in 

 Mongolia and the Province of Lia Tong, Manchuria ; and, in 1901, a series 

 (about 200 specimens) of granites, schists, felsites, andesites, etc., collected 

 by him on the north-east coast of Siberia. 



Siam, Royal Department of Mines and Geology. 



Presented, in 1897, a series of about 70 small rock-specimens from 

 Siam, collected by Mr. H. Warington Smyth (q.v.). 



Simmons (RICHARD). 



Presented, in 1836, well-crystallised specimens of cerussite, calamine 

 (large green rhombohedra from Chessy), beryl, mimetite, gold, argentite, 

 rutile, barytes, idocrase, apatite, and fluor. 



Sloane (Cavaliere). 



Presented, in 1860, sloanite, larderellite, caporcianite and other 

 minerals from Italy. 



Sloane (Sir HANS, Bart.). [1660-1753] 



Secretary [1693-1712], and President [1727-1741], of the Royal Society. 



Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., studied medicine at Paris and Montpelier, and 

 at the latter place made the acquaintance of his future friend, William 

 Courten (q.v.}. In 1687, Sloane sailed to the West Indies as physician 

 to the Governor of Jamaica (the Duke of Albemarle), and during his 

 fifteen months' stay there collected natural history specimens, more 

 especially plants. On his return to London in 1689, he settled in practice 

 in Bloomsbury Square, and was rapidly successful. His natural taste for 

 collecting seems to have been stimulated by Courten, and as early as 

 1691 Evelyn, in the Diary, recorded a visit made to his curiosities. On 

 Courten's death in 1702, Sloane inherited the whole of his valuable 

 collections, and, in 1718, purchased that of Petiver. In 1742, the 

 entire collection was moved to the Manor House, Chelsea, and, in 1753, 

 acquired for the Nation. 



Smith (ARMSTRONG). 



Presented, in 1891, a small collection of basaltic lavas from Kilauea, 

 including specimens of the lava stalactites described by Prof. E. S. Dana. 



Smith (Dr. CHRISTEN). [1785-1816] 



Director of the Botanical Gardens of the University of Christiania. 



Made (with Mr. Tudor), in 1816, a small collection of gneisses, schists, 

 etc., at the mouth of the Congo ; the specimens were presented by the 

 Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in the same year. 

 Smyth (HERBERT WARINGTON). [1867- ] 



Secretary of the Department of Mines at Johannesburg, Transvaal. 



Collected in Siam a series of about 70 small rock-specimens, which 

 was presented in 1897 by the Royal Department of Mines and Geology, 

 Siam : presented, in 1898, sapphires and spinels from Siam. 



