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have been extensively worked, also very complete series of 

 smaller specimens. The nonmetalic minerals are shown in a 

 series of large cases and include very complete series of New 

 York salt with supplementary material from England, Germany, 

 and other salt-producing localities. Gypsum, lime, cements, 

 quartz, feldspar, garnet, corundum, graphite and all other 

 minerals of the state are exhibited in seriesi from, the crude 

 material to the manufactured product. A series of New York 

 state oils and specimens of the oil-bearing rocks and sands are 

 shotS'U. A large collection of clays and clay i^roducts fills all 

 the space which can be devoted to it. 



Paleontology. 1,000,000 specimens, mostly Paleozoic inverte- 

 brates derived from the New Y^ork formations; including up- 

 ward of 5000 type and figured specimens which have been used 

 in the publications on New Y^ork paleontology; also many 

 unique specimens of Paleozoic fish. Most of the fossils are in 

 boxes and drawers in the State Hall, not many on exhibition but 

 all accessible to students. Fine slabs of medusae, crinoids, 

 crustaceans and trails are here exhibited. The types are syste- 

 matically arranged in the laboratory of the state paleontologist 

 except for those on exhibition in Geological Hall. 



In Geological Hall a series of 7000 typical specimens arranged 

 stratigraphically to show the characteristic fauna of each for- 

 mation. Although this collection has been made with special 

 reference to New York, materials from outside have been freely 

 used to complete the series up to and including the Carbonifer- 

 ous. A number of large Devonian trees and algae are exhibited 

 and also slabs of trilobite, worm and reptilian tracks from vari- 

 ous formations. 



There is also a series of European Paleozoic invertebrates; a 

 series of more recent invertebrates, largely European; the Co- 

 hoes mastodon (mounted); the Monroe mastodon (unmounted); 

 a nearly complete skeleton of the Irish elk; a series of casts of 

 large vertebrates and other vertebrate remains. 



Mineralogy. 10,000 specimens, including the Gebhard, the 

 Albany institute, the Emmons and the Kuntz collections. A 

 systematic collection of 3000 specimens many of which are from 

 the old iron and other mines of the state; an economic collec- 



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