MINERALS. 



1847. 



Arragonite? from Howe's Cave, Schoharie county. Presented by Mr. 

 HowB. 



Oypsitm, from Cayuga county. Presented by Mr. Allen. 



Magnetic iron ore, from Barton's mine, Moriah, Essex county. Pre- 

 sented by Mr. Barton. 



Hyalite, from Essex county. Presented by George W. Little. 



Calcareous spar, from Essex county. Presented by G. W. Little. 



Petroleum in favosite, from Erie county. Presented by Mrs. Angel, 



Schorl (black), from Es.sex county. Presented by J. W. Taylor. 



Quartz (crystallized), from Schoharie county. Presented by J. W. 

 Taylor. 



Calcareous spar (3), from Rossie. Presented by J. W. Taylor. 



Iron pyrites, from Lewis, Essex county. Presented by Jacob Sargent. 



Quartz crystal, from Rensselaer county. Presented by George Vail. 



Dog-tooth spar, from Cheshire, Ontario county. Presented bv Israel 

 Parsh^vll. 



Blue clay, from Cheshire, Ontario county. Presented by I. Parshall. 



Slate containing iron pyrites, from Bainbridge, Chenango county. 

 Presented by Ezra L Church. 



Clay containing red oxide of iron, from Bainbridge, Chenango county. 

 Presented by E. I. Church. 



Quartz, from Leyden, Lewis county. Presented by Asa Francis. 



Carbonate of lime, in six-sided tables, obtained in blasting a tunnel for 

 the Hudson Railroad, at Anthony's Nose. 



This truly mag'tiificent specimen, and almost unique, as the vein 

 vras extremely small, is presented by .John E. Henry, Engineer 

 on the above E.oad. 



Carbonate of lime (crystallized), from the same locality. Presented 



by Pjerre Van Cortlandt. 

 Limonite (haematite), 5 specimens, from Copake, Columbia county. 



