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Nickel-skutterudite, Eansatite, Rhodophosphite, Strigovite, 

 Tetragophosphite, IJrusite, Xiphonite. 



RocJcs. 



By Presentation 



Volcanic Bombs from the Schalstein of Nassau : by 

 Professor E. Kayser, PH.D. 



A series of specimens (with sections) of the deposits of the 

 Nile Delta obtained during the boring operations at Zagazig, 

 undertaken by the Royal Society : by the Royal Society 

 (Delta Boring Committee). 



A series of about 300 small specimens of rocks and minerals 

 collected by Mr, W. M. Conway in the Karakoram Himalayas : 

 by Sir H. Martin Conway. 



A small collection of rock-specimens from the Plateaux 

 of Nyika and Masuka Mountains, Nyasaland : by Sir Harry 

 H. Johnston, k.c.e. 



A large specimen of Contorted Mica-Schist ; Aultnacallich 

 Burn, Ross-shire : by W. C. Lucy, Esq., f.g.s. 



Four hundred and seventy-two sections of rocks (mostly 

 veinstones, elvans, greenstones and granites of Cornwall) 

 from the collection of the late John Arthur Phillips, Esq. : 

 by A. G. Phillips, Esq., F.G.S. 



Twenty-seven large rock-specimens, mostly from Aberdeen- 

 shire : by Professor H. Alleyne Nicholson, M.D., f.g.s. 



Specimens of Sordawalite ; Sordawala, Finland : by E. L. 

 V. Julin, Esq. 



Three rock-specimens from the Transvaal : by D. Draper, 

 Esq., F.G.S. 



A collection of rock-specimens illustrating the geology of 

 the Southern Transvaal : by Dr. F. H. Hatch, f.g.s. 



A collection of rock-specimens, with associated minerals, 

 from Siam : by the Royal Department of Mines and Geology, 

 Bangkok, Siam (through H. Warington Smyth, Esq.). 



By Purchase : 



A series of over three hundred rock-specimens from Italian 

 and Alpine localities, collected by Cavaliere G. P. Jervis of 

 Turin to complete the series in the Museum collection 

 formerly obtained from him. 



Seventy-three polished slabs of modern marbles from Italy 

 and Switzerland, and of antique marbles from the ruins of 

 ancient Rome. 



Forty-five rock-specimens from Bohemia. 



A series (with sections) of Australian rocks collected and 

 described by the late R. Daintree, Esq., f.g.s. 



