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  TWENTY-FIRST 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  CABINET. 
  

  

  From 
  C. 
  E. 
  Benedict, 
  of 
  Saratoga 
  Springs, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  miscellaneous 
  collection, 
  containing 
  Rose 
  Quartz, 
  Felspar, 
  

   Mica, 
  Schorl, 
  etc., 
  from 
  Greenfield, 
  Saratoga 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  From 
  R. 
  S. 
  Kenyojst, 
  Division 
  Superintendent 
  Merchants' 
  Union 
  Express, 
  

  

  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Calcareous 
  Tufa 
  (erroneously 
  petrified 
  wood), 
  several 
  specimens, 
  

  

  collected 
  between 
  Fort 
  Plain 
  and 
  Cooperstown, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  From 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Baker, 
  of 
  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   Two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Slate 
  with 
  Stellate 
  Fucoids 
  or 
  Graptolites, 
  

   from 
  the 
  Roofing 
  Slate 
  quarries 
  of 
  Middle 
  Granville, 
  Wash- 
  

   ington 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  From 
  Ira 
  A. 
  Gilchrist, 
  of 
  Salina, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   Part 
  of 
  a 
  fossil 
  Elephant's 
  Tooth, 
  from 
  the 
  gravel 
  of 
  Salina. 
  

  

  The 
  section 
  showed 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  fifteen 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  point 
  

   where 
  two 
  elephant's 
  teeth 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  out. 
  

  

  From 
  Paul 
  F. 
  Cooper, 
  of 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  pebble 
  of 
  Argillaceous 
  Sandstone 
  of 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  Group, 
  

   showing 
  spheroidal 
  desquamation 
  : 
  Otsego 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  From 
  Col. 
  John 
  M. 
  Wilson, 
  U. 
  S. 
  A., 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  specimen 
  of 
  Graywacke 
  — 
  Argillaceous 
  Sandstone 
  — 
  showing 
  

   decomposition 
  to 
  equal 
  depths 
  from 
  the 
  surface, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  

   presence 
  of 
  iron 
  pyrites 
  : 
  New 
  Baltimore, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  From 
  Horace 
  Douglass, 
  M. 
  D., 
  Gloversville, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   A 
  miscellaneous 
  collection 
  of 
  specimens, 
  Iron 
  Ore, 
  Pyrites, 
  etc., 
  

  

  for 
  examination. 
  

  

  From 
  S. 
  B. 
  Champion, 
  Bloomville, 
  Delaware 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   Specimens 
  of 
  Rock 
  from 
  Kortright 
  Hills, 
  Delaware 
  county. 
  

   A 
  specimen 
  of 
  Red 
  Shaly 
  Sandstone, 
  and 
  a 
  decomposing 
  fer- 
  

   ruginous 
  Sandstone, 
  with 
  Spirifera 
  disjuncta. 
  

  

  From 
  Rensselaer 
  Day, 
  of 
  Otsego, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   Specimens 
  of 
  Stratified 
  Clay, 
  with 
  ferruginous 
  sanely 
  layers. 
  

  

  From 
  W. 
  R. 
  Whittlesey, 
  of 
  Lakeville, 
  Ct. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  mass 
  of 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Hematite, 
  enclosing 
  imbedded 
  masses 
  of 
  

   quartz, 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  Curator, 
  when 
  at 
  the 
  iron 
  mines 
  of 
  Salisbury, 
  Ct., 
  received 
  

   very 
  fine 
  specimens 
  for 
  the 
  Cabinet 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Hub- 
  

   bard, 
  Mr. 
  Peter 
  P. 
  Everts 
  and 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Dauchy. 
  

  

  