206 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Hopeite and tarbuttite, fine crystallized groups from Broken 

 HilJ, North-Western Rhodesia. 



Corundum (ruby), a group of crystals showing the unusual 

 association with brown tourmaline, from Upper Burma. 



Apatite, an isolated, parallel grouping of crystals, transparent 

 and of a delicate mauve colour, measuring 8x4x3 cm., from 

 Untersulzbachtal, Salzburg. This specimen was described 

 and figured in " Mineralogical Magazine," vol. v, p. 198. (A 

 part presentation by F. N. A. Fleischmann, Esq.) Vanadinite as 

 distinct crystals from Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, anatase 

 from Brazil, schraufite, minium, euchroite as large crystals, and 

 chessylite from Laurion, Greece. (All from Mr. Kendall 

 Hazeldine's collection.) 



Beryl, four isolated crystals, clear and of pale emerald-green 

 colour, from Bom Jesus das Meiras, Bahia, Brazil. 



Precious opal, three specimens representing a new find in 

 Humbolt Co., Nevada. 



Rhodizite, an isolated crystal weighing 9 "85 grams ; a 

 doubly-terminated clear crystal of pink spodumene, 8 cm. in 

 length ; a well-shaped prism of dark green beryl ; two isolated 

 crystals of clear, pale-yellow orthoclase ; tscheffkinite ; strii- 

 verite, betafite, corundum, &c., all from Madagascar, 



Uraninite (pitchblende) a large crystal weighing 572 grams 

 from Uluguru Mts., German East Africa. 



Sulphur, a fine, large, symmetrically-developed crystal 

 {10 X 9 X 8 cm.) from Cianciana, Girgenti, Sicily. 



Iridosmine, a nugget weighing 54 •139 grams from Tasmania. 



Cassiterite, a well-formed bipyramidal crystal, 6 cm. across, 

 from Randa, Northern Nigeria ; and cassiterite from the 

 Belgian Congo. 



Thortveitite, two specimens of this new species (a silicate 

 of scandium, yttrium, &c.) ; also risorite, cleveite, blomstrandite, 

 &C.J all from Norway. 



Leucophoenicite, hodgkinsonite, franklinite in cubes, zincite 

 crystals, pyrochroite crystals, and willemite as colourless 

 crystals, from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey ; harmotome 

 from Yonkers, New York ; a cut sphere of rose-quartz from 

 Oxford County, Maine ; cuprodescloizite from Bisbee, Arizona ; 

 a large, well-formed crystal of microcline (amazon-stone) from 

 Pike's Peak, Colorado ; ludwigite from Philipsburg, Montana ; 

 a large mass of pollucite from Buckfield, Maine ; spangolite 

 from Tintic, Utah; caledonite from Idaho; and various other 

 species to represent mineral occurrences in the United States of 

 North America. 



Faceted gems of purple spinel, brown tourmaline, and green 

 tourmaline. 



Mangan-idocrase and chrome-idocrase from Montreal Chrome 

 mine, Quebec ; large rough crystals of elseolite with sodalite 



