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Auriferous Eriibescite ; Santa Fe, Mexico ; by Professor 

 N. S. Maskelyne, m.p., f.r.s. 



Auriferous specimens ; Johannesburg.. South Africa ; by J, 

 Gau, Esq. 



Vermiculite ; Minobu, Japan ; by B. C. Thornhill, Esq. 



Argentiferous and other Ores (eight specimens) ; Argentine 

 Republic ; by Dr. J. Fallows. 



Stalactitic Calcite ; Mexico ; by O. H. Howarth, Esq. 



Rottisite ; Plauen, Saxony ; by Professor A. Weisbach. 



Cyprusite ; Limni, Cyprus ; by J. Deby, Esq., m.e. 



Chilian Ores (13 specimens) ; by the Government of Chili. 



By Purchase : 



Laumontite, a magnificently-crystallised specimen, with 

 Apophyllite ; Felso-Certes, Transylvania. 



Sulphohalite, a unique crystal ; Borax Lake, California. 



Cupro-uranite, an exceptionally fine specimen of a very 

 rare variety ; Gunnis Lake Mine, Cornwall. 



Fluor, in fine blue crystals ; Beeralston, Devon. 



Calomel ; San Onofre, Mexico. 



Fluellite ; Stenna Gwyn, St. Austell, Cornwall. 



Leadhillite ; Leadhills, Lanarkshire. 



Cassiterite ; New England, New South Wales. 



Aguilarite, a unique specimen ; Guanaxuato, Mexico. 



Datolite ; Seisser Alp, Tyrol. 



Turnerite with Rutile ; Binnenthal, Switzerland. 



Ochrolite, Ganophyllite, Kentrolite, Pinakiolite, Pyro- 

 phanite, and Manganochlorite ; Harstigen, Wermland, Sweden. 



Niccolite ; Eisleben, Prussia. 



Sellaite ; Moutiers, Savoy. 



Freieslebenite ; Freiberg, Saxony. 



Orthoclase ; Baveno, Lago Maggiore, Italy. 



Alexandrite, in very perfect crystals ; Russia. 



Willemite, in transparent prisms ; Franklin, New Jersey. 



Hiddenite, in the matrix ; States ville. North Carolina. 



Pyrrhite ; Schaitansk, Urals. 



Boleite, five very perfect crystals ; Santa Rosalia, Mexico. 



Opal, in rhyolite ; Mexico. 



Apatite, in very fine crystals ; LuxuUian, Cornwall. 



Celestine, in acute crystals ; Yate, Gloucestershire. 



Chondrodite, in very large groups ; Brewster, New York 



Lavenite and Weibyite ; Langesundfjord, Norway. 



Andalusite, a fine facetted stone ; South America. 



Redruthite, a group of large crystals ; Cornwall. 



Pollucite ; Hebron, Maine, U.S.A. 



Roscoelite ; Springdale, Colorado. 



Auerlite ; Zirconia, North Carolina. 



Fiedlerite ; Laurium, Greece. 



Hintzeite ; Aschersleben, Prussia. 



Zircon and Sapphire ; facetted stones. 



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