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” 4, Diamond in North Carolina. ~ 
At the 6th annual meeting of the Association of Aridbivan Ge- 
4 dlogists and Naturalists, held in April, 1845, in this city, I made 
_ known the existence of the true, diamond-bearing rock (the Ita- 
i columite) at several places ‘within the gold region of the United 
States ; and predicted that we should soon have other discoveries 
of the didaohd within the range of this formation, in addition to 
the well authenticated one then already made, in Hall Co., Geor* 
gia. This opinion was circulated to some extent, by means of 
the hewspapers in North Carolina; and as one of the first fruits 
of the inquiry set on foot, I had the pleasure of rigwddeg 3 ge 
spring while in Charleston, from my friend the Hon. Mr. 
man, of Asheville, Buncombe Co., the diamond here Pir 
ea! and deseribed.* It was found in the gold washings of Mr. 
vk _iemay not be without interest to annex here also, notices of several other speci- 
mens forwarded by Mr. Beadle from the same region. 
ae a. Gray granite (without quartz): with black mica in small scales, imparting 
4 : wii tock the aspect of a sienite. It contains everywhere diffused through its 
minute, hyacinth-red crystals, having the hardness of monazite. From 
Fee Cove, Pulaski Co. T1N. R12 W. 8 34. 
rom same place, (T' 1 N. R12 W.S 33.) a coarse amygdaloidal pri con- 
4 - taining thickly implavted erystals of grayish black erat above an inch in 
»  Ietigth, and much rese mbling those found at Aussig, in Bohem 
aa Sh ae Seg Pike oe (T 8 8. R 2% W. 880.) “Grapoder and fi- 
ga 
. nice From ¢ ab, a < 8 S.R 25 W. 8 97, ) Coarse granular and erystal lized meee, 
ae ~ in large masse. 
: ae Prom do, do., wey 8 $.R25 W.830 .) Grayish white, granular celestine- "ali 
™ confusedly : A ig thon with rough, drusy faces. 
of Prom a (T'8 S.R 26 W.S16.) Celestine in large masses, erystallized 
ne vais 
» (T8 8S. R25 W. S 27.) ‘Stexhs spar in grayish white, tabular 
& From 
“oytals apd Races masses, diffused through a steatitic clay. 
mts 25 W. S$ 27.) A yellowish white steatite, analogous to 
It has 
that band in Sicha, England. hytic porphyry. 
“ the oh harsh og ityanh. a Ges i sioniitie ee ae of the Europe- 
Tate orth twa 40) Conan a i 
d to” be rate irom in q Light greenish grey 
t Springs Co. 
13 ie Bee ‘ Sr) ei cert crystals of feldspar, 
ail 
sh. - ; a4 of Bohemia. 
cone ror a $ 19.), A ryakolite- -porphyry with 
i The rock a. he specks of a rich, azure blue mineral, 
unable at present to deter: 
t which iia was uate in the last number of this Jour- 
33 
te the ey 
Rene, Vol. TL, No. 5—Bept., 1846. 
