DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY. 191 



Department of Mineralogy, 



I. — Arrangement. 



Ten new cubes, each containing five drawers, have been 

 fitted beneath the table-cases in the Gallery ; and have been 

 utilised for the reception of reserve specimens belonging to the 

 species analcite, cassiterite, and marcasite. 



The models of the " Cullinan " diamond temporarily exhibited 

 in the Central Hall, and the models of famous diamonds hitherto 

 exhibited in a special case in the Mineral Gallery have all been 

 xe-arranged in a table-case of the General Collection. 



The mineral collection bequeathed by the late Mr. Frederick 

 Tendron, of Tunbridge Wells, has been sorted and examined ; 

 -of the specimens selected, part have been labelled and exhibited 

 in the General Collection, and part have been used for the 

 formation of a series available for students. 



A collection of minerals from Epprechtstein, Bavaria, pre- 

 sented by Professor Konrad Oebbeke, has been examined, and 

 selected specimens have been labelled and exhibited in the 

 •General Collection. 



One hundred and twenty-three boxes of mineral specimens 

 have been received, unpacked, and examined; 116 boxes have 

 •been packed and despatched. 



II. — Registration, Indexing, and Cataloguing. 



All the specimens acquired during the year have been 

 iregistered, numbered, labelled, and incorporated with the 

 Collection. 



The preparation of the slip-catalogues of the mineral- 

 specimens in the collection has been continued for the Sulphides 

 and Oxides. In the Sulphide Division slips have now been 

 written for all the species, and all specimens referred to only 

 iin old catalogues have been entered in the General Register ; 

 '{permanent labels have been written, checked, and placed with 

 the specimens of tennantite, bournonite, pyrargyrite, etc. ; and 

 faded register-numbers have been re-written. In the Oxide 

 Division the slip-catalogue has been completed for Corundum. 

 In the course of this work the exhibited specimens have been 

 re-arranged on renovated trays, the reserve specimens have been 

 .re- arranged in the drawers, and most of the cut-stones have 

 been placed in two large glazed boxes specially made for them. 

 In the Division of the Silicates slips have been written for all 

 ■specimens belonging to the species willemite to anthophyllite 

 which have not been entered in the General Register. 



The preparation of a separate slip-catalogue of the cut-stones 

 iin the Collection has been in progress. 



The lists of apparatus and of mineral-sections have been 

 .put in slip form. 



