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including all varieties of copper ores and associated minerals 

 from the Lake Superior region. 



Economic geology. A series of foreign and domestic building 

 stones, deposited by the Smithsonian institution; a series illus- 

 trating the metalliferous regions of the upper peninsula of Michi- 

 gan; 150 specimens of ores and rocks, deposited by the United 

 States national museum; 39 of copper ore and associated rocks 

 from the Wolverine copper mine; seven of native copper from the 

 Calumet' and Hecla mines; 25 of asphaltum and petroleum; sam- 

 ples of brine and salt from Percy's salt well, Mason county, 

 Mich. 



Physical geology O/nd geography. A representative collection of 

 volcanic products, including a series of specimens from Martin- 

 ique and St Vincent; the deposit formed in caverns; chemical 

 precipitates from lakes and springs; peat, lignite, coal, petro- 

 leum, asphalt etc.; meteorites, the products of rock weathering; 

 soils etc. comprising several hundred specimens. Supplementing 

 this collection and also used in illustrating lectures on physical 

 geology and geography, are relief maps and models and a large 

 number of lantern slides. 



Zoology. A series illustrating the fauna of Michigan and 

 other northern and western states ; a collection of animals of the 

 Pacific coast; many valuable specimens from the Philippine 

 islands and other foreign countries; the Beal-Steere collection 

 comprising numerous corals, shells, insects, birds and mammals 

 from South America, China, Formosa, Philippines and the Moluc- 

 cas. 



Botany. 100,000 specimens representing 5000 species under 

 25,000 entries: large series of Michigan plants collected by the 

 public surveys; several valuable herbariums and sets of plants, 

 the most important of which are the Houghton herbarium, 

 the Sager herbarium, the Ames herbarium, the Harrington her- 

 barium, the Beal-Steere, the Adams-Jewett and the Garrigues 

 collections; Collins's, Holden's and SetchelPs Phycotheca 

 Boreali-Americana; Briosi and Oavara's funghi parasiti; Sey- 

 mour and Earle's economic fungi, the continuation of Ellis's 



