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It is thought that this powder had not a volcanic origin, and 

 that the presence of chrome assimilates it with meteoric 

 stones. Ibid. 



11. Gnephalium. 

 Professor Ives has discovered a new species of gne- 

 phalium with decurrent leaves, of which a plate and descrip- 

 tion will appear in our next number. 



12. Augite. 

 M. Haiiy has united the fassalite and the bakalite with 

 the sahlite, a sub-species of augite. (See Mem. of the Muse- 

 um of Nat. Hist. vol. 3.) 



13. A New Vegetable Alkali, 

 Has been found by Messrs. Pelletier and Caventon in the 

 Feve St. Ignace and the Nux Vomica. It has been named the 

 vaucquelin, in honour of M. Vaucquelin. (Journal de Physi- 

 que, for Aug. 1818.) 



14. New Minerals. 

 Two new mineral species have been discovered, the scor- 

 rodite from Schnuburg in Saxony, and the tungstate of lead 

 from Zinnwald in Bohemia. Ibid. 



16. New Metal. 

 A new metal has been discovered by Berzilius, in the mines 

 of Fahlun in Sweden, to which he has given the name of Sele- 

 nium. Ibid. 



16. Pure Alumine. 

 A large bed of this substance, perfectly pure, has been found 

 at Argenton, Department de L'Endre. Ibid. 



17. Collections of American Minerals. 

 We are informed that under the auspices of Col. Gibbs, a 

 collection of American minerals by states, according to the ar- 

 rangement of the minerals of the departments of France, in 

 the cabinet of the school of mines at Paris, was begun some 

 time since, at the rooms of the Hist. Society in New- York ; 

 and recently in the University of Cambridge. In the arrange- 



