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Banded flint from Beckenham, Kent : by A. Verinder, Esq. 

 Montmorillonite and quartz from France : by Professor 

 Jules Welsch. 



Beekite from Co. Antrim : by W. H. ¥/'ickes, Esq. 



By Exchange : 

 Monazite with fluor from Transvaal. 



Calcite, twinned crystals of a rare type, from Somersetshire. 

 Brugnatellite from Lombardy, 



By Purchase : 



A collection of 225 orientated micro-sections of roct:-forming 

 minerals. 



Choice crystallized specimens of various North of England 

 minerals, viz. : Witherite from Hexham and Alston, quartz from 

 Weardale and Frizington, barytes from Frizington. 



British minerals selected from the collection of the late Mr. 

 F. Fry, of Bristol {e.g., pliarmacosiderite from Cornwall, stron- 

 tianite from Dublin, agate and goethite from Cheddar, calcite 

 from Torquay). 



Crystallized kaolinite from Glamorganshire. 



Calcite and calamine from the present workings at Wanlock- 

 head, Dumfriesshire. 



Oligoclase, risorite, and sphene from Norway. 

 Childrenite from Greifenstein, Saxony. 



Chabazite, stilbite, prehnite, albite, microcline, and epidote 

 from the granite at Striegau, Prussian Silesia, 



Anatase, a very large pyramidal crystal, from Binnental, 

 Switzerland. 



Chrysocolla, cuprite, chalcedony, and haematite from Sassari, 

 Sardinia. 



Whewellite, pyrrhotite, natrolite, and calcite, from Bohemia. 



Hessite, large distinct crystals, from Botes, Transylvania. 



Various minerals from the Ural Mountains, including beryl, 

 corundum, epidote, haematite, muscovite, rutile, and chrome- 

 idocrase (a new variety of idocrase of a beautiful green colour). 



Native tantalum from Altai Mts., Siberia. 



Allanite, chloropal, fergusonite, thorite, tourmaline, and 

 zircon from Cej'-lon. 



Various species illustrating Japanese occurrences ; viz., 

 amethyst, andalusite, cassiterite, columbite, pseudogaylussite, 

 scorodite, topaz. 



Gypsum, two large twinned crystals (40 and 14 lb. in weight), 

 from Cloncurry, Queensland. 



Topaz and emerald, specimens showing the associated 

 minerals, from Emmaville, New South Wales. 



