240 MINERALOGY. 



mercury and cinnabar, and are found in serpentine, often associated 

 with chalcedony. At the llattlesnake Mine the rock contains much 

 petroleum ; and at the Geysers the ore is associated with large quantities 

 of sulphur and gypsum. - E,. B. N. 



Feistmantel, Dr. 0. Mineralogische Notizen aus Indien. Verh, 



k.-l:. (jeol. Beichs.-p^. 301-303. 

 Note on muscovite and lepidolite mica. 



Fischer, H. Nephrit und Jadeit nach ihren mineralogischen Eigen- 

 schaften, sowie nachihrer urgeschichtlichen und ethnographischen 

 Bedeutung. [Nephrite and Jadeite ; their mineralogical properties, 

 and their importance in prehistoric archaeology and ethnography.] 

 Pp. 416 ; 2 plates, 131 woodcuts. 8vo. Stuttgart. 



Foster, Dr. C. Le Neve. Notes on Haytor Iron Mine. Quart. Journ. 



Geol. Soc. vol. xxxi. pp. 628-630. 

 Describes the occurrence of magnetic iron-ore, and the associated 

 minerals, at this mine. 



On the place and mode of occurrence of the mineral Andrew- 



site. Trans. R. Oeol. Soc. Cornwall, vol. ix. part 1, pp. 163, 164. 

 Andrewsite, a hydrous phosphate of iron and copper, occurs in vughs 

 or in crevices in the lode of West Phoenix Tin Mine, near Liskeard. 



. Note on a new locality for the mineral Pistacite. Journ. R. 



Inst. Cornwall^ no. xvii. p. 213. 

 The author has found pistacite with garnets and axinite at Perran- 

 zabuloe. 



Foster, Dr. C. Le Neve, and A. K. Barnett. Guide to the Museum 

 of the Poyal Geological Society of Cornwall, Penzance. Pp. 15. 



8vo. Truro. 

 A provisional guide, devoted almost entirely to a description of the 

 mineral collection. 



Fouque, F. Nodules a Wollastonite, pyroxene fassaite, grenat 

 melanite des laves de Santorin. [Nodules with Wollastonite, 

 Fassaite, and Melanite Garnets, from the lavas of Santorin.] Comjpt. 

 Rend. t. Ixxx. pp. 631-635. 



Ten analyses given. 



. Etude des nodules a oligoclase des laves de la derniere 



eruption de Santorin. [Oligoclase Nodules of the" Lavas of the 

 last eruption at Santorin.] Compt. Rend. t. Ixxxi. pp. 220-223. 

 By thus adding oligoclase to albite, anorthite, and labradorite, already 

 shown to be present in these lavas, the author completes the number of 

 the principal felspar tjpes. An analysis of the nodules is given. 



G. A. L. 



. Nouvelles observations sur Ics fumeroUes de Santorin. 



[Pumeroles of Santorin.] Compt. Rend. t. Ixxxi. pp. 794, 795. 



