ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 2.3 



Three remarkable specimens have been presented to the Museum by Mrs. Campbell of 

 Cheltenham, from the choice collection of the late James R. Campbell, Esq. They are : 



A most perfectly crystallized and unique group of Erythrine (the Arseniote of Cobalt) 

 from Schneeberg, Saxony. 



Perofskite from Achmatowsk, Urals, Siberia, in large cubes, the angles carrying the 

 planes of the octohedron; the edges of the cubes are of the dimensions of | inch. 



A specimen of Chrichtonite from Oisans, Dauphine, rich in fine little lustrous crystals of 

 that rare form of Titanic iron. 



Other presents to tlie Collection have been, Struvite, in large and remarkable crystals, 

 from a new locality, the Falkland Islands ; presented by W. Garrovv Lettsom, Esq., Her 

 Majesty's Minister and Consul General in the Republic of Uruguay. Rutile, in quartz, 

 very fine, from J. Ruskin, Esq. ; and a large cube of Galena, from the Laxey mines, pre- 

 sented by the Hon. J. K. Howard. 



Specimens of Garnet, Axinite, and other minerals, from near Oakhampton and Haytor, 

 Devon, liave also been presented by Waring Ormerod, Esq., of Chagford, Exeter. 



The Collection has also been enriched by the following among other purchases: — 



Native copper, in large crystals, from Lake Superior. 



Gold, a very large somewhat waterworn crystal, from Austraha. 



Silver, in dendritic crystals, from Potosi, Peru. 



Argentite, from Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Saxony. 



Fahlerz, from near Liskeard, Cornwall. 



Bournonites of unrivalled beauty, from near Liskeard, Cornwall, 



Frieslelienite, very finely crystallized, from Huendelencina, Spain. 



Chalcotrichite, from the Phoenix Mines, near Liskeard, Cornwall. 



Realgar, in fine crystals, from Kapnick and Felsobanya, in Hungary, and a mass from 

 China. 



Fluors from Kottleberode, Hartz, and Weirdale, Cumbes'land. 



Washingtonite, an enormous crystal, from Washington, Connecticut. 



Rutile-i, one a perfect crystal, weighing 6 lbs. 3| oz., from Lincoln County, Georgia. 



Arkansite, from Magnet Cove, Hot-springs County, Arkansas. 



Amethyst, from Zillertlial, Tyrol. 



Quartz, a large sphere of perfect limpidity, wrought in Japan; from Japan. 



Sapphires, presenting dichroism, from Siam. 



Calciles, two maunificent masses, covered with splendid crystals ; the one in trans- 

 parent prisms, aiid in remnrkable opaque twinned crystals, from Wheal Wrey, Cornwall; 

 the other with lustrous crystals of Schiefer Spar, from Devonshire. 



Chalyhite, a very large crystal, from Dauphine. 



Chessylite, from Chessy, Department du Rhone, France. 



Spodumene, a splendid group of crystals, believed to be the finest group known ; from 

 Norwich, Massachusetts. 



Hypersthene, from Labrador. 



Topaz, a fine crystal, from Siberia. 



Phenakite, from Siberia. 



RubeUites, beautiful crystals from Mursinsk, Siberia, and a very fine group of paie, rose- 

 coloured crystals from Elba. 



Adularia. A very large twinned crystal, passing into the partially decomposed variety 

 called Moonstone. 



Dioptase, large transparent crystals. 



Dianite, the variety of Tantalite, asserted by Von Kobell to contain a new element; 

 from Tammela, Finland. 



Endyalite and Tantahte, both finely crystallized, brought from Greenland by J. Tayler, Esq. 



Celestine, ai; unique crystallized specimen from the neighbourhood of Brist"], and a 

 Sicilian specimen, in unusually fine crystals. 



Lazulite, from Graves Mount, Lincoln County, Georgia. 



Datholites, from Bergen Hill, and from Toggiano, Modena. 



Amber, a large mass weighing 2 lbs. 9 oz. 



The Collection of Meteorites has occupied much of the attention of the Department, 

 during the past year, and partly by valuable donations, partly by exchange, has been 

 greatly improved as well in respect to the number of new falls that it represents, as in 

 the size and character of the specimens that illustrate those falls which it cont;iined 

 before. 



The Governor General of India has presented a fine mass of the meteorite thai lell, at 

 Dhurmsala in the Punjanb, on July 14, IStiO. 



Another portion of the same meteoric stone, well exhibiting the crust on its surface, 

 has been presented by G. Lenox-Conyngham, Esq., of the Foreign Office. 



The Asiatic Society of Calcutta hiis presented the following duplicates irom the fine 

 series of Indian Meteorites possessed by that Society : — 



Moradabad _ _ - _ _ 

 Manegaon ------ 



Shalka 



Allahabad ------ 



Assam --_-_, 

 200. C 4 Th( 



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1808 



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1843 



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1850 



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1822 



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1846 



