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PREFACE. 



The specimens of minerals enumerated in this catalogue are 

 exhibited in Room No. 6 of the Natural History Department 

 of the Imperial Museum. They are arranged by T. Takimoto, 

 Geologist, and subdivided into the following collections : 



(A) Foreign Minerals, arranged according to Dana's 

 System of Mineralogy, sixth edition. 



(B) Japanese Minerals, arranged according to Groth's 

 Tabellarische Uebersicht der Mineralien, second edition. 



(C) Crystallized Specimens, both Japanese and Foreign, 

 in the order of the Six Systems of Crystals. 



Those specimens in A and B, which are marked with asterisks, 

 are to be found on the shelves of the vertical cases. 



Meteoric Stones and Irons, as well as the larger specimens, 

 are enumerated at the end of this catalogue; but all duplicates 

 and specimens not exhibited to the public are omitted. 



We are indebted to Professor Kotora Jimbo of the Miner- 

 alogical Institute, Science College, Imperial University of Tokyo, 

 for suggestions in the preparation of this catalogue. 



M. FUJIMORI, 



Vice-Director of the Natural History Department. 



Imperial Museum 

 Tokyo, August, 1908. 



