52 CONNECTICUT GBOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



215. Matthew, W. D. 



Monazite and orthoclase, from South Lyme, Connecticut. 

 Sch. Mines Quart., xvi, 231-233, 1895. 

 Detailed description of a large crystal of monazite. 



216. Mease, J. 



A geological account of the United States, comprehend- 

 ing a short description of their animal, vegetable, and 

 mineral productions, antiquities, and curiosities, iii + 

 496 + xiv pp., Philadelphia, 1807. 



The geological portion comprises 55 pages, 25 of which are devoted 

 to a catalogue of minerals. 



Contains exaggerated descriptions of Connecticut scenery. 



217. Merrill, G. P. 



Report on building stone of the United States and statis- 

 tics of quarry industry for 1880. 



Census of U. S., loth Rept., x, 15-29, 1880. 



Description of microscopic structure and mineral composition of 

 some of the more common kinds of building stones. The Connecticut 

 specimens described are hornblende-biotite gneiss from Middletown and 

 sandstone from Portland. 



218. Merrill, G. P. 



The collection of building and ornamental stones in the 

 United States National Museum. 



Smithson. Rept., pt. ii, 277-648, 9 pis., 1886. 



General description of the minerals of building stones; physical and 

 chemical properties of rocks; classification of rocks; quarrying; 

 weathering and selection of building stones. Rocks described as oc- 

 curring in Connecticut are serpentine, limestone, dolomite, marble, 

 granite, diabase, sandstone. 



219. Miller, S. A. 



North American IMesozoic and Cenozoic geology and 

 paleontology. 



Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist, Jour., ii, 140-161, 223-244, 

 1879; iii, 9-32, 79-118, 165-202, 245-288, 1880; iv, 3-46, 93-144, 

 183-234, 1881; also issued separately. 338 pp. Cincinnati, 

 1881. 



Contains a compilation of data regarding composition, structure, 

 origin, and fossil contents of the Triassic rocks of Connecticut. 



220. Newberry, J. S. 



Report on building stones of the United States, and sta- 

 tistics of the quarry industry. 



Census of U. S., loth Rept., x, 318-324, 1884. 



Limestone of Greenwich mentioned as building stone (was used in 

 the construction of a portion of the wall in Central Park). Thomaston 

 granite well adapted to monumental work; Millstone point granite, 

 fine, dark gray; that of Leete Island, reddish gray, rather coarse-grained 



