Appendix C. 283 



Appendix C. 

 LIST OF GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS 



COLLECTED BY 



CAPTAIN A. H. MARKHAM, R.N., F.R.G.S., 



AND EXAMINED BY 



R. ETHERIDGE, Esq., 

 Museum of Practical Geology. 



fPERNIVIK. — 1. Syenite, much resembling the Lau- 

 rentian series of Cape Wrath (Sutherlanclshire). 

 2. Crystals of felspar, also like those in the Suther- 

 laudshire rocks. 3, 4. Quartz rocks. 



Elwyn Inlet. — Piece of quartz rock, and quartzite. 



Cape Hay. — Two pieces of limestone, extremely like that 

 of the Durness in N.W. Sutherlandshire, of Llandeilo age 

 (Lower Silurian). — Two specimens of Saxicava rugosa, from 

 150 feet above the sea level. 



Navy Board Inlet. — Specimens of fundamental gneiss 

 like that of Cape Wrath, hornblende rock, mica schist, quartz- 

 ite, and magnesian limestone. 



Port Leopold. — Syenite, felspar, and quartz, like the 

 Cape Wrath rocks. An alternation of limestone and sand- 

 stone, probably Silurian. Gneissose rock, much the same as 

 the fundamental gneiss of N.W. Sutherlandshire. A specimen 

 showing annelide tracks, in fine-grained sandstone. 



Fury Beach. — Specimens of gneiss, hornblende, quartz, 

 and gneissose rock, much like the fundamental series of 

 Sutherlandshire. Argillaceous limestone, with the following 

 fossils of the Upper Silurian age: — Favosites (two specimens) ; 

 Athyris, sp. (two specimens) ; Holopella, sp. 



