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forthcoming Winter Session. There being no furcher business 

 to transact, the meeting broke up, the members leaving for 

 Belfast by the different trains as best suited themselves. 



CLOUGHFIN. 



The Geological Section of the Club held an excursion on 

 Saturday, nth September, toCloughfin, Islandmagee. Proceeding 

 by train to Ballycarry, a very enjoyable walk brought the party to 

 their destination. The rocks investigated belong to the Cretaceous 

 formations, and comprise the following : — Glauconitic Sands, 

 Yellow Sandstones, Chloritic Sands, and Chalk. These beds dip 

 at an angle of five degrees in a south-westerly direction, and are 

 well exposed at this locality. However, the lower beds are only 

 accessible during low tide. Commencing with the Glauconitic 

 Sands, these were carefully examined and yielded the following 

 fossils : — Exogyra conica var. laevigata, Sow. Pecten orbicularis, 

 Mant., P. quinquecostatus, Sow. Kingena lima, Defr., and Belem- 

 nites ultimus. The Yellow Sandstones are about 8 to to feet in 

 thickness, and consist of a compact calcareous sandstone, with 

 alternating bands of marl, yielding Vermicularia concava, Sow. 

 The Chloritic Sands are best seen in the cliff above high-water 

 mark, and are very fossiliferous, the prominent features being the 

 bands of Serpula filiformis, and Inoceramus crispi. The fossils 

 obtained from this section included Parasmilia centralis, Mant. ; 

 Etheridgia mirabilis, Tate ; Inoceramus crispi, Ventriculites 

 cribrosus, Phil ; Camerspongia fungiformis, Gold ; and palatal 

 tooth of Ptychodus latissimus, Ag. Leaving this the party pro- 

 ceeded by the path to Blackhead to examine the minerals in the 

 basaltic rock. After a careful search the following were recorded : 

 levyne, gmelinite, and analcime ; also the mineral beekite was 

 found on a fossil of Pecten quinquecostatus. 



