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  Sulphate 
  of 
  lime, 
  &c, 
  ----- 
  0-85 
  

  

  Common 
  salt, 
  ------ 
  17*35 
  

  

  Water, 
  81-80 
  

  

  100-00 
  

  

  The 
  Lockpit 
  sample, 
  therefore 
  contains 
  a 
  larger 
  proportion 
  of 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  salt, 
  also 
  of 
  earthy 
  chlorides, 
  usually 
  denominated 
  impurities. 
  

   Twenty-eight 
  to 
  thirty 
  gallons 
  of 
  brine 
  of 
  this 
  strength, 
  would 
  yield 
  a 
  

   bushel 
  of 
  merchantable 
  salt. 
  

  

  If 
  this 
  brine 
  should 
  be 
  abundant 
  and 
  the 
  location 
  favorable, 
  salt 
  

   might 
  be 
  advantageously 
  manufactured 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  solar 
  evaporation 
  

   process. 
  Should 
  the 
  mode 
  by 
  boiling 
  be 
  pursued, 
  great 
  care 
  will 
  be 
  

   required 
  in 
  removing 
  the 
  deliquescent 
  chlorides, 
  by 
  long 
  drainage 
  of 
  

   the 
  salt, 
  or 
  by 
  washing 
  it 
  with 
  strong 
  brine 
  before 
  it 
  is 
  put 
  up 
  for 
  use. 
  

  

  With 
  this 
  brine 
  is 
  associated 
  small, 
  but 
  very 
  beautiful 
  and 
  transpa- 
  

   rent 
  crystals 
  of 
  selenite. 
  They 
  seem 
  as 
  if 
  deposited 
  by 
  a 
  water 
  strongly 
  

   charged 
  with 
  the 
  sulphate 
  of 
  lime. 
  This 
  will 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  small 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  this 
  salt 
  which 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  brine. 
  A 
  particular 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  these 
  crystals 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  under 
  the 
  appropiate 
  head. 
  

  

  Brine 
  Spring, 
  of 
  York, 
  Livingston 
  county. 
  Prof. 
  Dewey 
  states 
  that 
  

   this 
  brine 
  gives 
  evidence 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  iodine, 
  on 
  the 
  applica- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  tests. 
  {HalVs 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Geol. 
  Wh 
  Dist., 
  p. 
  315.) 
  

   I 
  have 
  had 
  no 
  opportunity 
  of 
  repeating 
  these 
  experiments. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  

   desirable 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  proportion 
  in 
  which 
  this 
  substance 
  is 
  found. 
  

  

  CLASS 
  I. 
  

  

  ALKALINE 
  EARTHY 
  MINERALS. 
  

  

  CELESTINE. 
  

   (Mineralogy 
  of 
  New- 
  York, 
  page 
  210.) 
  

   To 
  the 
  localities 
  of 
  this 
  somewhat 
  rare 
  mineral, 
  I 
  may 
  add 
  its 
  oc- 
  

   currence 
  in 
  projecting 
  points 
  on 
  black 
  marble, 
  at 
  Watertown, 
  Jefferson 
  

   county. 
  {Emmons' 
  Rep. 
  on 
  the 
  Geol. 
  2d 
  Dist., 
  p. 
  111.) 
  The 
  fibrous 
  

   variety 
  described 
  as 
  occurring 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Stark, 
  Herkimer 
  county, 
  

   exactly 
  resembles 
  that 
  from 
  Tornberg, 
  in 
  Saxony. 
  

  

  STB.ONTIANITE. 
  

  

  (Mineralogy 
  of 
  New- 
  York, 
  page 
  212.) 
  

  

  This 
  interesting 
  mineral, 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  heretofore 
  had 
  only 
  one 
  

  

  or 
  two 
  localities 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  occurs, 
  according 
  to 
  F. 
  B. 
  Hough, 
  in 
  

  

  considerable 
  quantities 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Theresa, 
  Jefferson 
  county. 
  (Sil- 
  

  

  