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6. “Found on the banks of the Nile, a little below Tentyra, 
more than four hundred miles from the sea.” Several specimens. 
It is a curious substance. It has the appearance of having once 
been an organized body, but to what species it belonged I cannot 
describe. Its description would occupy too much space. ‘The dif- 
ferent specimens are strikingly similar to each other in form, but 
unlike as to size. It gives fire reluctantly with steel, and is not 
acted on by the acids. 
7. “From the mountains east of the Nile, near Minie.” Gray sili- 
ceous carbonate of lime. It has, at some period, apparently been 
operated on by heat. On one side it seems to have been partially 
fused. 
8. ‘From the temple of Carnac, Thebes.” Jasper of an unusu- 
ally resinous lustre. It yields sparks as copiously as any flint. Its 
color is red. 
9. “The common stone of the mountains of Gornon, where are the 
tombs of the kings.” A light colored, fine grained carbonate of lime. 
10. Broken from a column in the Temple of the Sun at Balbec. 
Yellowish white granular limestone. 
2. By the Epitor. 
Notice of mae Minerals, &c.—from the Rev. Mr. Rosertson, 
Missionary in Greece. 
From the Island of Syra. 
1. Beautiful aggregate of crystals of black hornblende, red gar- 
net and epidote of a deep green; two pieces. 
2. Quartz, tinged red and penetrated by crystals of epidote. 
3. Crystallized hornblende, well characterized. 
4. Crystallized actynolite, well characterized. 
5. Deep green compact epidote, with distinct crystals of horn- 
blende imbedded. 
6. Talcose slate, well characterized ; two pieces. 
From Delos. 
7. Summit of Mount Cynthus. Fine grained granite; quartz 
red; feldspar white; mica black. 
8. Summit of Mount Cynthus. Granite with crystals of sphene. 
9. Gneiss, not ue characterized. 
From Malta. 
10. St. Paul’s bay. Yellow cale-spar. 
11. Catacombs of Malta. A beautiful soft tertiary limestone, 
with shells. 
