ar Miscellaneous Localities of Minerals. 
20. This specimen contains some Iron, and we think it 
to be an argillaceous oxide of iron. [tis found in veins from 
four inches to two feet in width, traversing beds of granite. 
21. Bog Iron Ore.—Found in Greenwood, near the 
locality of graphite. 
5. By Jacob Porter. 
PLAINFIELD, Mass. May 1, 1824. 
i. Rhomb Spar, well crystallized in steatite, and associated 
With green foliated taic, at Cummington. 
2. Stalactical Quartz, resembling the Middlefield variety, 
at Cummington and Worthington. 
3- Garnets, at Chesterfield. Some rocks, of reddish horn- 
blende, in this township, contain an immense number of 
garnets, from the size of a shot to that of a small cannon ball. 
These rocks are situated about a mile north-east of the meet- 
ing house, near the celebrated locality of cyanite. 
4. Foliated Graphite at Chesterfield. The graphite of 
Cummington, Worthington, and Chester is of this variety ; 
that of Hinsdale is compact, and ofa good quality. 
5. Scapolite and Spodumene, from Goshen. 
6. Rose Quartz, from Chesterfield. 
7. Carbonate of Iron, from Cummington. 
8. Shell Limestone, abundant at Hamilton, Sherburne, 
Lebanon, and the neighbouring towns, New-York. 
9. Limpid Quartz, at Fairfield and Newport, New-York. 
Some of these beautiful crystals have cavities in them partly 
filled with a transparent liquid. 
10. Radiated Quartz, covered with crystals, at Goshen and 
Williamsburgh. 
11. Quartz Sand, at Cheshire, extensively used in the 
manufacture of glass. 
12. Blue Jasper, on a branch of Westfield river, Ches- 
ter. 
13. Black Tourmaline, well crystallized, at Worthington. 
14. Radiated Tourmaline, at Plainfield; the crystals 
glossy black, and of great elegance. 
15. Zoisite, remarkably beautiful, at Worthington. 
16. Sulphuret of Iron, in quartz, at Sudbury. 
17. Magnetic Oxtde of Iron, at Plainfield. A small bed of 
this ore has lately been discovered. 
