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grams, found near Anthony, Kans., in 1919, date of fall unknown; a 

 fragment, weighing 1,185 grams, of a stone which fell in Molina, 

 Spain, on December 24, 1858, together with a cast of the complete 

 individual ; a fragment, weighing 197 grams, of a stone which fell at 

 Cabezzo de Mayo, Spain, on August 18, 1870; and three small pieces 

 of irons from Cowra, Australia, and Mantos Blancos and Sierra San- 

 don, Chile, weighing, respectively, 62, 365, and 72 grams. 



Nine accessions are credited to Col. W. A. Eoebling, Trenton, 

 N. J., who supplied funds for the purchase of new minerals and made 

 other gifts. Among the materials acquired through his generosity 

 may be mentioned a suite of exceptionally fine crystal groups of 

 epidote from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska ; two large crystals of 

 gem kunzite; a series of new and rare minerals from Langban, 

 Sweden ; a large and unusually fine specimen of ciystallized calamine 

 from Sterling Hill, N. J.; an unusual group of zincite crystals 

 showing some twins; selenite from Saxony, struverite from Mada- 

 gascar, and a polished jadeite from Burma. 



From various sources, through honorary curator Frank L. Hess, 

 were donated exceptionally fine radium-bearing minerals from 

 Katanga, Belgian Congo, including a mass of uranophane carrying 

 soddite, weighing over 14 pounds; examples of curite, schoepite, 

 and rich masses of pitchblende. An additional suite of the typical 

 minerals from the same locality was presented by the Union Minere 

 du Haut Katanga, Brussels, Belgium, and a large sample of the 

 ore from Kasola was donated by Messrs. A. H. Bunker and K. L. 

 Kithil, Denver, Colo. 



Victor C. Heikes and Samuel M. Soupcoff, mentioned above as 

 contributors to the economic collections, have also supplied in- 

 teresting minerals in examples of argentojarosite and scorodite 

 crystals from Utah. H. G. Clinton continued his interest by pre- 

 senting specimens of the new mineral benjaminite, also xonotolite 

 and miscellaneous minerals from the White Caps mine. Others 

 who may be mentioned as donating materials are Jack Hyland, 

 Pazna, Bolivia, who forwarded various Bolivian minerals; Alfred 

 C. Hawkins, Rochester, N. Y., who donated the type specimen of 

 canbyite; and C. W. Chater, of Burma, India, who, through the 

 Bureau of Standards, presented a specimen of jade. 



The greater part of the material representing species new to the 

 collections was acquired through exchanges arranged by Assistant 

 Curator Foshag. Minerals from the Mendip Hills, Scotland, were 

 secured from the British Museum; an extensive suite of the rare 

 Langban types from Dr. Harry von Eckermann, Ljusne, Sweden; 

 an attractive series from Tsumeb, South Africa, collected by Prof. 

 Charles Palache, of Harvard University; rare Italian and African 



