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A large collection of foreign zeolites and other valuable 

 specimens : hy F. N. Ashcroft, Esq. (see F. N. A. Fleischmann, 

 Esq.). 



Garnet (almandine) and tourmaline crystals from Carnar- 

 von, Western Australia : by H. Barnes, Esq. 



Livingstonite in gypsum breccia from Huitzuco, Mexico : 

 by A. H. Bromly, Esq. 



Rutile from Buckingham, Quebec : by Stopford Brunton, 

 Esq. 



A series of specimens, comprising alum, sulphur, &c., 

 collected by the donor during his descent to a depth of 

 1,212 feet inside the crater of Vesuvius on December 21, 1913 : 

 by Frederick Burlinghani, Esq. 



Diamond, a partially-cut black stone and a curiously-shaped 

 crystal, from Kimberley, South Africa: by G. H. Clap?iain, 

 Esq. 



Claudetite from Sotiel mine, Huelva, Spain : by J. H. 

 Collins, Esq. 



Steatite from Barberton district, Transvaal, South Africa : 

 by T. D. Cunningham, Esq. 



A series of specimens which probably formed part of the 

 Pennant Collection, viz., cerussite, anglesite, lanarkite, pyro- 

 morphite, and linarite from Leadhills, Lanarkshire, mesolite 

 from Ffieroe Islands, and siliceous sinter : by the Right Hon. the 

 Earl of Denbigh, C.V.O. 



Artificial tridymite : hy Allan B. Dick, Esq. 



Agate in spherulitic felsite from Colle de Grane, Esterel 

 Mtns., Var, France : by Dr. J. Drngman. 



Pyrophyllite pseudomorphous after quartz crystals, from 

 the nickel-ore (garnierite) vein, St. John's Island, Red Sea : by 

 the Director of Geological Survey of Egypt. 



A large and valuable collection of zeolites, comprising 1,190 

 choice specimens and representing 101 foreign localities for 

 this group of minerals. This is a portion of the private 

 collection of minerals which Mr. Ashcroft has formed during 

 the last fifteen years. The value of the collection is consider- 

 ably increased by the very precise information as to the exact 

 locality and mode of occurrence, together with references to 

 the literature, which is given on the printed labels accompany- 

 ing each specimen. Special mention may be made of the very 

 large series of fine specimens from West Paterson and Great 

 Notch in New Jersey, and from Iceland. 



In addition to the above collection, miscellaneous choice 

 specimens have been given on several occasions, namely : a fine 

 group of crystals of dioptase from Reneville, French Congo ; a 

 fine group of crystals of hopeite from Broken Hill, North- 

 western Rhodesia ; serpierite from Laurion, Greece ; fluor from 

 Rabenstein, Silesia, and f rom Hesselbach mine, Baden; albite 

 from Frossnitz Alpe, Tyrol ; willemite from Franklin Furnace, 



