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ALUMINUM. 



Aluminite^ at Joplin, Jasper County, as a white incrustation 



on limestone; rare. 

 Alunogen (alum) as a white incrustation, as silky tufts, and 



as fine disseminations in pyritic shales in the coal 



measures in the western part of the State, by H. A. 



Wheeler ; common. 

 Wavellife, in Jasper County, as small white radiating crystals 



on chert, by Broadhead ; rare. 

 Earthy Lazulitef in Dallas County, as a white, pulveralent 



earth or plastic clay in caves, by W. B. Potter. 



BARIUM. 



Ammoniacal Barite. Finely crystallized banded barite, from 

 Pettis County, that contains small amounts of sulphate 

 of ammonia (mascagnite). See American Journal of 

 Science, Vol.42, p. 495. 



STRONTIUM. 



Strontianitey in St. Louis, as small crystals in geodes in the 

 St. Louis limestone ; very rare. 



. SILICATES. 



Chalcedony, as pink, gray and white pebbles in the drift in 



North St. Louis, by H. A. Wheeler; uncommon. 

 Tripoli, at Seneca, Newton County, as extensive beds of 



soft, massive, pulveralent, white to buff colored masses, 



where it is mined and shipped. 



Frequently as fragments of altered chert in the " flint 



hills " of the southern half of the State, by H. A. 



Wheeler. 

 Hyalite, at Granite Bend, Wayne County, as transparent, 



colorless, irregular botryoidal incrustations on granite, 



by H. A. Wheeler ; rare. 



__ •%. i in Southeastern Mo., in diabase, by E. Haworth. 

 Uralite 5 » ♦ j 



Almandite, at the Einstein Mine, Madison County, as bright 

 red, transparent crystals 0.1 to 0.5 mm. in size, by H. 

 A. Wheeler; rare. 



