HANCOCK COUNTY. 



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Quartz Amethystine, 



On the plantations of Dr. 

 Whitten and Mr. Al- 

 fred Barkesdale. 



Ditto. 



Mr. Presly Harper's. 



Capt. Hardwiche's. 



Buffalo creek. 



Shoulder Bone creek. 



Agate of beautiful varieties, 



Red Jasper, at . 



Fine white Chalcedony, at 



Prase, on ... 



Carnelians, on . . . 



Beautiful green Chalcedony, on Buffalo creek. 



Lydian Stone, . . Mr. Hunt's.-- 



Brown Jasper, . . . Ditto. 



JiVodular Argillaceous Iron, Various places. 



Brown Hematite, . . Ditto. 



Sulphuret of Iron, associated 



with Quartz, . . Rev. Mr. Battle's. 

 Ditto in small cubic crystals of 



Gneiss, on . . . Buffalo creek. 

 Plumbago, in small quantities, Sarsnett's Mills. 

 Felspar, .... 



Hornblend, 



Granular Epidote, 



Schorl, .... 



Asbestos, .... 



Brown Opal, 



Galena, .... 



Steatite, .... 



Bog Iron Ore, . 



Carbonate of Lime, in small 



quantities. 

 Green Mica, 

 Kaolin, abundant in . 



Zircon, a rare mineral, . 

 Native Gold, 

 Ditto in deposit, . 



W. A. Greene's. 



Ditto. 



Dr. Whitten's. 



Near Sparta. 



Shoulder Bone creek. 



Rock Mills. 



Mr. Foster's. 



Various places. 



Ditto. 



Mr. Greene's. 

 Lower part of the 



county. 

 Rev. Jesse Battle's. 

 Near Sparta. 

 Rev. Jesse Battle's. 



For the above list of minerals we feel much pleasure in 

 acknowledging our obligations to Dr. Pendleton, of Sparta, a 

 gentleman of rare attainments in science. 



Shells. — Shoulder Bone and Buffalo creeks afford fine 



