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From JOHN GEBHARD junior, Albany. 



Five specimens of Fibrous Sulphate of Barytes, from Carlisle, Sehoharie 

 county. 



From DAVID ADAMS^ of Washington county. 

 Lead Ore from the lands of David Noxen, Whitecreek, Washington co. 



From WILLIAM L. SMITH, of New-York. 

 A specimen of Cinnabar from California. 



From W. C. WATSON, of Port Kent, Essex county, N.T. 



A large specimen of Crystallized Pyroxene, taken from a formation just 

 oyer the line of Essex in Franklin county, N."!f . 



CATALOGUE OF MINERALS PURCHASED IN OCTOBER 185S, 

 OF SILAS R. HORTON, OF ORAIGSVILLE, ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y.; 



?0 SDPPIiT DEFICIENCIES IN THE MINEBALOSICAL DEPAEMENT OP THE STATE CABINET. 



Names of Minerals. Localities. 



Ko. 1. Jenkinsite {the green coating). Monroe, Orange county. 



Analized by Prof. J. Lawrence Smith, of Virginia. This mineral haa 

 been discovered in this State since the publication of Professor Lewis C. 

 Beck's Mineralogy. The specimen also contains fine crystals of magnetic 

 iron. 



2. Fine crystals of Magnetic Iron. Monroe, Orange county, 



3. Iridescent crystals of Magnetic Iron. Monroe, Orange county. 



4. Dibiagnatite ---..- Monroe, Orange county. 



New mineral of Prof. Shepaed; crystals alwa3'-s small and scarce. 

 Discovered in this State since the publication of Prof. Beck's Mineralogy. 

 The specimen also contains iridescent crystals of magnetic iron. 



•5. SiLLiMANiTE? Yorktown, Westchester county. 



New mineral? Prof. Lewis C. Beck considers sillimanite as identical 

 with bucholzite (See the Professor's Report on the Mineralogy of New- 

 York, &c;, published in the Annual Report of the Regents on the State 

 Cabinet for the yeair 1849, page 14G). 



