174 Shepard's Treatise on Mineralogy. 



trivial name for the more recent one of Bucholzite, which had 

 erroneously, as it now appears, been given to the productions of 

 another locality? 



Of the new names charged to my account, Kraurite is Brei- 

 thaupt's, while Selbite and Carinthite are both Brooke's, the lat- 

 ter given to render the trivial nomenclature uniform, and espe- 

 cially for excluding purely chemical names. I plead guilty only 

 to Oxacalcite and Beresofite, both of which were offered in sub- 

 stitution of chemical designations, in accordance with the allow- 

 ed rule that every mineral species is entitled to a trivial name.* 



Finally, the review sets it down as evincing the incorrectness of 

 my principles, 1st, that I have brought forward on natural his- 

 tory grounds, the following ill constituted species, viz. duin- 

 cite, Lincolnite, Goshenite, Lederite, and Washingtonite ; 2dly, 

 that I have also erroneously proposed Chathamite, though on a 

 chemical basis ; and thirdly, that I have done the same again in 

 the case of Danburite, though you are not wholly sure whether 

 this species is claimed in behalf of natural history or chemistry. 

 To exculpate the treatise from the latter charge, it is enough to 

 say, that it does not claim it in any sense whatever to be a spe- 

 cies — a mode of vindication which also extends to Lincolnite, 

 Lederite, and Washingtonite, the names which are numbered 

 only, being supposed lo rank as species, and neither of these four 

 names being preceded by this token of specific character. 



The difference between us then, narrows down to the instances 

 of Q-uincite, Goshenite, and Chathamite. 



Of Quincite, I know of nothing which can be said to its dis- 

 paragement as an independent species. The name Meerschaum, 

 (sea foam,) under which you intimate it might be included, is 

 generally esteemed to be a geological compound, rather than a 

 mineralogical species. 



I agree that Goshenite, in the absence of well determined crys- 

 tals, rather than for the want of a good analysis, (as you suggest,) 

 occupies a precarious position among my list of species. Still as 

 you appear to feel a degree of hesitancy yourself, in referring it 

 back to beryl, where it was first placed by Col. Gibbs, and as I 

 know this hesitation is shared by some of the best European 



* Did the trivial name crocoise, [as the name crocoisite was already in use, (made 

 from Beudant's crocoise,) it was the less necessary to propose another synonym, 

 B. S. Jr.] proposed by Beudant for chromate of lead, possess a termination more 

 in accordance with our other names, I should not propose Beresofite in its place. 



