230 ' MINEEAIOGT. 



History publishes a translation of an article by Dr. Burkart on the 

 priority of discovery of the supposed new mineral species Guaclalcazarite, 

 and annexes a copy of Sr. Castillo's description which accompanied 

 the specimens sent to Dr. Burkart for transmission to Prof. Eammelsberg 

 for analysis. F. W. R. 



Anon. Mineral Statistics for the year 1874. No. 2, pp. ^Q. Mel- 

 bourne, fol. (with appendices). 



In addition to the returns referring to Gold, information is giyen 

 concerning the following metals and minerals : — Silver, Tin, Copper, 

 Antimony, Lead, Iron, Coal and Lignite, and Flags and Slates. The 

 results of a few analyses by Mr. C. Newberry of Tin-sand, Stream- 

 Tin ore. Blade Sand, Copper and Antimony ores. Metallic Bismuth, 

 various ores of Iron, Coal, and infusorial earth are scattered through. 

 The rare mineral Maldonite (Ulrich) is stated to occur throughout the 

 richly auriferous quartz lode of the Eaglehawk line of reef, Maldon. 



E. E., Jun. 



Metals in Victoria other than Gold. Iron, vol. vi. p. 198. 



Amongst those mentioned the rarer are Osmiridium, Gold and Silver 

 Alhy, at Sandhurst and St. Arnaud, Zinc in the Gold-drifts at Dayles- 

 ford, and Native Lead in the " deep-leads " at Talbot and Avoca. The 

 occurrence of Platinum is doubtful. B. E., Jun. 



Use of the Microscope in Mineralogy. San Francisco Micr. 



Soc. Note in Micr. Joium. no. 14, pp. 257, 258. 



Manufacture of Bessemer Steel at Neuberg, Styria. Annales 



Industrielles, June 20, 27, July 4. (Abstract in Free. Inst. Civ. 

 Eng. vol. xlii. pp. 307, 308.) 

 The ores employed are from Altenburg and Bohnkogel. Analyses 

 are given. 



. Eosforita de Estremadura. [Phosphorite of Estremadura.] 



Bev. Min. ser. B, t. i. p. 50. 



Jade. Journ. App. Sci. vol. vi. p. 141. 



Note of the occurrence of jade in clay in N. Burmah. 

 Platinum. lb. p. 151. 



Note of M. S. Dubos' exhibition of platinum in ophite, from the 

 Pyrenees. 



Atterberg, Alb. Tvenne pseudomorphoser fran Kararfvet. [Two 

 Pseudomorphs from KSrarfvet.] Geol. Fwen. Stoclcholm. Forh. Bd. 

 ii. pp. 402-407. 



Analyses given. 



Attwood, Melville. Composition of the Native Alloy of Gold and 

 Silver in the Comstock Lode, Nevada. Abstract of paper read to 

 the Micr. Soc. (American ?) April 1874, Amer. Journ. ser. 3, 

 vol. ix. p. 229. 



