354 Supplement to Dana’s Mineralogy. 
1. New Mineralogical Works. 
QuEN : Handbuch der ory yon Fr, Aug. Quenstedt, Prof. zu Tibin- 
am ond a wid caclai part. 
0 Kry setae zum Anfertigen von repre ee ok. von 
Ds Aol K Kemgot, ‘Wien, 1854. Heft 2. A collection of figures to assist in making 
models ry convenient and excellent. 
eas eae te und sei nee he in der Chemie, Mineralogie und 
Geologie, von Dr. Theodor Scheerer, Prof. K éngl. Siichsische n Bergakad - zu Freiberg, 
130 pp. 8vo. Nip mania 1854.—The work presents a review of Dr. Scheerer's 
latest results in Isomorphism and Paramorps. 
gues a se KR der Mineralien, by G. H. Otto Volger. Zu- 
rich, 185: 
2. Notices of Species.* 
anpirr, Breit—Achtarandite is a pseudomorph after Helvin according to 
Bicithaces Lieb, u. Kopp Jahersb., 1853, 856. 
Acrcurire [p. 81].—A mineral, probably aciculite, occurs in North Mogirtye: at 
Gold Hill in Rowan Co., according to Dr. F.-A. Ge nth, Am, J. Sci., [2], xix, 1 
p 2 Og) ses of Allanite from Orange Co. N. Y ia 
Parone, Be Berks Co,, Pa., and Bethle 
ss Pa., 3935, G. J. Brush. 
LLopHANE [p. 336 Aci iey of allophane from Polk Co., Tenn, by Dr. C. T. 
Jac ss Am. J. Sci, [2], xix 
1885, 85) [p. 451].— nr of alstonite, by C. v. Hauer (Jahrb. Geol. Reichs, 
oe 6571 Ca 3429 Bi trace = a — Bad 600 
um, (M ), [p. 38 ia oneals by Dr. J. L. Smi a specimen 
Pi the region n of the Salt Lake, Utah, Rocky Mts., Pec J. Sci. oy xviii, 379. 
uxiTE [p. 505}.—Analyses of oe from Bilin, Bohemia, by von Hauer 
(Jahrb. =. Weichs- "1854, 83, and J, f. pr. Ch, lxiii, 36) : 
Fe . on M. Hf (ign.) 
62:0 23°82 trace 1-00 . nied 12:40 = 99°42 
62°41 24°65 — 0°65 ee 12°28 = baci 
Analysis 1 gives vee Hauer ‘ad oxygen ratio for the Silica, alumina and water, 
$72 :3:2°974 = (a me :1, which is the ratio of the Gimolite "of Argentiera 
eae Pitabtly atenetf arte dat composition of augite. 
ALUSITE. rp 257].—Analyses of Andalusite from Brazil by Damour (Ann. des 
Mines {5}, iv iv, 53): a ug 
Al Be Mn 
z 36°75 6115 154 ir, == 9944 
I. 87-32 61-74 0-81 — = 99387 
M 37-08 61-45 117 == 99°65 
whence the formula Al* Sit. Specific gravity 3:160 
Anticorirs [p. Mes cca states bt derwre Ann., xcii, 495), that the analyses 
Antigorite by him d be rh DON 
Avarire [p. 396].—A locality of apatite in tra -siaobs elino'oblegs to ‘halle 
, 2 miles below St. Roch, , Canad, (r. (T. S. Hunt, in Logan's Rep. Geol. Cana 
1852-3, 113) The rock consists of glasey feldspar and black hornblende i small 
grains: the apatite is abundantly disseminated im hexagonal prisms, more oF “— 
of 
* 
: Searle enn Notices, referred to beyond, _ No. 10, in the 
Kz Wissensch., Wien, 1854, xii, 161; 1; No. 11, ib, p- 281 No. 12, 
: fo, (the la No. that las reached ow) i ieee 
