Minerals from New Holland. 309 
Major Mitchell had given the same attention to min- 
erals, which. he has evidently bestowed upon other 
branches of Natural History, many interesting sub- 
stances, in this department, would have been brought 
to light, and the mineralogical interest of his work ! 
greatly enhanced. It would appear, then, that none 
of tlie Kouphone-spars have been described by either 
of the writers whose observations have reached us, 
and I am: not aware that any of a more recent, date 
have appeared. . hey are, I believe, the first and only 
collection of minerals which has been brought to this 
country from New Holland; and certainly their 
uncommon beauty, and the. perfection of their crys- 
talline forms, demand for them some public record. 
Apophyllite. (Pyramidal Kouphone-spar, M. )— 
There are peculiarities in the secondary 1 modifications 
of the crystals of this mineral, as well as in the gen- 
eral — " the specimens, which evidently 
- Fig. 2. Fig..3. . Fig. 4. 
indicate their having come from localities quite dis- 
tinct. In one, Mésotype épointée of Haüy, the pri- 
