Minerals. 439 



Snow ( ). 



Presented, in 1811, copalite ("Highgate resin") from Higbgate, 

 Middlesex. 



South African Museum, Trustees of the. 



Presented, in 1874, a fragment of the Bethany meteorite. 



South Australia, Government of. 



Presented, in 1886, a collection (about 400 specimens) of granites, 

 gneisses, schists, etc., from South Australia, including a series of rocks 

 from the Barossa and Echunga goldfields. 



Stapflf (Dr. FRIEDRICH MORITZ). [1836-1895] 



Selected a series of specimens from the rocks met with during the 

 boring of the St. Gotthard Tunnel : the series, with geological tables 

 and sections, was purchased in 1881. 



Stefani (Prof. CARLO DE). [1851- ] 



Of Florence. 



Collected large series (about 200 specimens) of granites, gneisses, 

 schists, limestones, etc., from the island of Corsica, and of granites, 

 gabbros, schists, limestones, etc., from the island of Giglio ; the former 

 series was purchased in 1892 and the latter in 1894. 



Stokoe (ROBERT). 



Presented, in 1838, witherites from Northumberland. 



Story-Maskelyne (MERVIN HERBERT NEVIL). [1823- ] 

 Keeper of Minerals in the British Museum [1857-1880], and professor 



of mineralogy at the University of Oxford [1856-1895]. 



Presented specimens in various years, including the following: in 



1880, bright crystals of columbite from Standish, Maine, and other 



minerals ; and, in 1887, several fine, large masses of precious opal, in the 



matrix, from Queensland. 



Strachey (Lieut.-Gen. Sir RICHARD, G.C.S.I.). [1817- ] 



Made a large collection of schists, slates, granites, etc., from Kumaon 

 and southern Tibet, illustrating the geology of part of the Himalayas ; 

 the specimens were incorporated in the India Museum, and transferred 

 to the British Museum in 1879. 



Strangford (PERCY CLINTON SYDNEY, 6th Viscount). [1780- 



1855] 



Presented, in 1827, two specimens of flexible sandstone from Itacolumi 

 Mountain, Minas Geraes, Brazil. 



Swan (Mrs.). 



Presented 979 specimens of variegated clay from London aud the 

 vicinity in 1839. 



Sweden, Director of the Geological Survey of. 



Presented, in 1887, a collection of about 80 typical rock-specimens 

 from Sweden. 

 Sykes (Col. WILLIAM HENRY). [1790-1872] 



Collected basalts, etc., from Bombay ; the specimens were incorporated 

 with the India Museum, and, in 1879, transferred to the British Museum. 



