162 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



12 meteorites. With the exception of the rock-specimens 

 collected during the "Discovery" Expedition, these have all 

 been registered, numbered, labelled, and incorporated with 

 the Collection. 



The more important of them are as follows : — 



Minerals. 

 By Presentation : 



A series of irregularly developed zircons, and specimens 

 of serendibite, from Ceylon : by A, K. Coomavaswamy, Esq. 



Half of a very fine faceted specimen of kunzite, a lilac- 

 coloured variety of spodumene from California : by Messrs. 

 Tiffany & Co. (The other half was obtained by purchase.) 



Gold and copper ores from Matabeleland : by R. C. Dowie, 

 Esq. 



Quartz geodes containing loose crystals, from Arabia : by 

 Arif Bey. 



Phosphates of barium and aluminium from the diamond- 

 bearing sands of Minas Geraes, Brazil : by Dr. E. Hussak. 



Specimens of franckeite from Poopo, Bolivia : by Messrs. 

 A. Aramayo & Co. 



Graphite from Kalahandi State, India : by F. R. Mallet, 

 Esq. 



Crystals of cassiterite and samples of tin ore from 

 Bolivia : by J. B. Minchin, Esq. 



By Exchange : 



Fine twinned crystals of quartz from La Gardette, 

 France. 



Specimens of johnstonolite, heazlewoodite, and dundasite 

 from Tasmania. 



By Purchase : 



An extraordinarily large crystal of jordanite, and speci- 

 mens of new and extremely rare minerals from t]ie Binnenthal, 

 Switzerland. 



A fine series of minerals from the United States ; 

 including turquoise and arrow-head twinned crystals of 

 cerussite from Arizona, botryogen and topaz from California, 

 specimens of the new mercury minerals eglestonite, terlin- 

 guaite and montroydite from Texas, and a large twinned 

 crystal of amethyst-coloured calcite from Joplin, Missouri. 



Fine crystals of euclase from Brazil. 



A magnificent group of amber-coloured crystals of barytes 

 from Frizington, Cumberland. 



