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Asphaltum from Horns, Syria : by CorpL J. S. M. Thomson^ 

 A.I.F. 



Cubes of blende from Lerui'n Kano ; magnetic cassiterite, 

 orange-yellow cassiterite, rutile, wolframite, columbite, wood-tin, 

 and cadmium sulphide, all from Northern Nigeria ; and scorodite 

 from Devonshire : by A. Stanley Williams, Esq. 



Mica, cut sheets, from Aidin, Asia Minor : by Mrs. Wilson. 



Hornblende from Welwitsch, Damaraland, South Africa : by W. 

 C. Worsdell, Esq. 



By Excliange : 



Three specimens of the new species cornetite from the Belgian 

 Congo. 



Cut and polished samples of an artificial tin-arsenic-antimony 

 alloy showing curious crystalline growths with the form of spherical 

 shells. 



By Purcliase : 



A series of copper and uranium ores from Katanga, Congo, 

 including fine specimens of plancheite, dioptase, malachite, chryso- 

 colla, &c., and an undetermined uranium-lead silicate. 



A series of tin, bismuth, and other ores froni Bolivia, including 

 a fine group of blende crystals, wolframite, chalybite crystals, 

 bournonite, &c. 



A series of specimens from Madagascar including good crystals 

 of columbite, monazite, ampangabeite, and citrine. 



A series of specimens from the asbestos mines of Val Malenco, 

 Lombardy, including artinite, andradite, and uvarovite. 



Dioptase, a fine group of crystals, and achtaragdite from Siberia. 



Wollastonite, as large crystals, and erubescite from Mexico. 



Ektropite, katoptrite (two new species), and margarosanite and 

 allactite from Sweden. 



Anthophyllite, actinolite, pyromorphite, limonite, and a specimen 

 showing cone-in-cone structure, from Scotch localities. 



Sphene with axinite from Cornwall. 



Fluor, cerussite, quartz, calcite, scheelite from the north of 

 England. 



Wolframite, native copper, and tourmaline in quartz from 

 Rhodesia. 



Cassiterite from Swaziland, South Africa, a group of crystals, 

 and a transparent deep brown specimen faceted as a gem-stone. 



Tourmaline, a large crystal from Hazaribagh, Bengal. 



Cristobalite from California ; manganosite and a fine large 

 crystal of franklinite from New Jersey : a fine group of large 

 crystals of scheelite (part presentation by F. N. Ashcroft, Esq.) 

 and connellite from Arizona ; tellurium and pyrites from Colorado. 



Realgar from China. 



