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Arsenic 8, 17 



Arsenides, treated with organic 



acids 3, 9, 10 



Arsenopyrite, 17 



Aruba, W. I. , new bird from, . . 381 



Asbestus, 5, 11, 18 



Asiderites, 290 



Atacamite, • 7, 12, 16 



Augite 12, 17 



in meteorites, 293 



Autunite, 8, 13, 16 



Azurite, 16 



Baliamas, age of, 185, 192 



iand-sliells of 123 



physical geograpliy of, 



118, 119 



Barbadoes, W. 1 124, 191, 192 



Barbuda, W. 1 118, 192 



Barile, 8, 13, 18 



Barytocalcite 16 



Basalt 292, 308 



Base bullion, 81 



Bastite, 6, 11, 17 



Berthierite, 3, 15, 17 



Beryl, 5, 11, 18 



Biotite 12, 18 



Birds of Aruba, W. 1 381 



of Buen Ayre, AV. 1 381 



of Brazil, 356 



of Guatemala, 356 



of Guiana 382 



of New Grenada, 356 



of Mexico 383 



ofYucatan, 245—248, 287, 288 



Bismuth,. . 17 



Bisinuthinite, 3, 17 



Bituminous shales, origin of, 



357—367 



Black shales 140 



Black shale of Tennessee, 367 



Bornite 17 



Boulangerite 4, 9, 15, 17 



Bournonite 15, 17 



Bowenite, 6, 11, 18 



Braunite, 4, 10, 17 



Brochantite 8, 13 16 



Brodie's distillation furnace, 



99, 100, 103, 1]3 



Bromine, as reagent, 373. 376 



Brucite, 16. 31 



Buen Ayre, W. 1 122, 123, 381 



Calamine, 12, 16 



Calcite, 16 



Cannel coals, origin of. 363, 364. 367 



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Carbonaceous meteorites, . . 301 — 304 

 Carbonaceous shales, origin of 



357—367 

 Carboniferous fossils of Ohio, 



226—232 

 Caribbean sea, results of sound- 

 ings in, 117, 118 



Carnot, researches of in ther-'^i^l ■" 



motics, 19—21 



Cassiterite 4, 10, 18 



Celestite, 8, 13, 18 



Cerussite, 16 



Chabazite, 12,. 16 



Chalcocite, 17 



Chalcopyrite 10, 17 



Chemung beds,... 140. 148, 149, 160 



Chondrodite 12, 16 



Chromite 18 



Chrysoberyl, 4, 10, 18 



Chrysocolla, 12, 16 



Chrysolite, 12, 16 



Chrysotile, 12, 17 



Cinnabar 17 



Citric acid, action of upon min- 

 erals, 1 — 18 



Classification of meteorites, 290, 291 



Clau.sthalite 3. 9, 16 



Cleveland shale, 357, 360, 363 



Cobaltite 3, 17 



Colophonite 5, 11, 17 



C;olorado Group 357, 361, 367 



Columbite 7, 13. 18 



Composition of meteorites, 290 — 294, 

 300—303 



Conodonts, I 357 



Copper, 17 



Coralline Limestone, 149, 151 



Corniferous Group, . . . 149. 160, 174 



Corundum 4, 10, 18 



Covellite 3, 17 



Cretaceous rocks of Staten 



Island 170-173 



of the West Indies. 119, 188, 189 



Crocoite 8, 13, 17 



Cryolite 18 



Cryptomorphite, 8, 13, 16 



Cryptosiderous meteorites 291 



Crystalline rocks of Staten 



Island 163—168 



of the West Indies, ..186— 188 



Crystallites 291, 292, 309 



Cuba, geolosjy of 117, 189, 191 



land&liells of 123 



Culebra, W. 1 185, 187 



Cuprite, 17 



Cuprous chloride, 37(i 



