32 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



in groups of crystals with massive Pyrargyrite, Chili ; Pyrargyrite in very fine 

 crystals, Samson Mine, Andreasberg, Hartz ; and a remarkable specimen of Dufrenoysite 

 in dolomite from the Binnenthal, Switzei'land. 



Coccinite, "with Calomel and. Native Mercury, Moschellandsberg, Rhenish Bavaria ; a 

 fine specimen of lodargyrite in distinct crystals, Chili; also Embolite in large crystals and 

 Chlorargyrite from Chili. A very fine specimen of crystallised Cryolite from Evigtok, 

 Arksut-Fiord, Greenland ; Tliomsenolite from the same place. 



A magnificent series of specimens of Cuprite in various forms, Cornwall ; Nadorite in 

 good crystals, Nador, Constantine, Algeria ; Turnerite, St. Brigitta, Tavetsch-thal, Swit- 

 zerland; Braunite, in large crystjls, San Marcel, Val d'Aosta, Piedmont ; CEUacherite, 

 Kemmat, Pfitschthal, Tyrol. 



Quartz pseudomorphous after large crystals of Aragouite, from near St. Just, Corn- 

 wall ; a large specimen of crystallised Amethyst, Guanaxuato, Mexico; a cup and dish 

 of a curious variety of Moss Agate ; delicately stalactitic Chalcedony from near Redruth, 

 Cornwall ; and Opal with Amethyst from near St. Just, Cornwall. 



Telluric Ochre with Native Tellurium, Facebay, "Iransylvania ; and Senarmontite in 

 minute crystals with Cerussite in cavities in Jamesonlte, from near EndcUIon, Corn- 

 wall. 



A series of remarkable Crystals and masses of Iceland Spar ; and Rhodochrolsite in 

 large crystals on limonlte from Oberneissen, near Dietz, Nassau. 



Montlcellite in honey-yellow crj-stals, Monte Somma ; Chondrodite in transparent red 

 crystals with Malacollte In Galena, Nya Kopparberget, Sweden ; a carved dish of Jadeite, 

 China ; Bablngtonlte, Herbornsulbach, Dillenburg, Nassau ; DIoptase in small crystals 

 on massive micaceous Iron-Glance, Rosario Mine, Chili ; Crystals of Topaz from Lundy 

 Island ; a large detached crystal of Ajslome Garnet, Breitenbrunn, Saxony ; fine group 

 of crystals of unaltered Lievrlte, Rio la Marina, Elba; Piedmontite in distinctly termi- 

 nated crystals, and Alurgite, both from San Marcel, Val d'Aosta, Piedmont ; Milarire, 

 Val Milar, Switzerland; Osmellte, NIederkirchen, Rhenish Bavaria; Schweizerite, 

 Switzerland ; and a large crystal of black Tourmaline, Modum, Norway. 



Wulfenite, in thin transparent tables. Chili. 



Slmonyite, Hallstadt, Austria ; Romerite, Rammelsberg Mine, near Goslar, Hartz ; 

 Johannite, with selenlle, Joachimsthal, Bohemia; and the following Cornish minerals, 

 Uranochre, Umnite on a disintegrating granite, Scorodite In large crystals, specimens of 

 the new mineral Andrewslte with Cuprite, Vivlanlte, earthy blue and crystallised green 

 varieties with Chalyblte, Wheal Owles, near St. Just ; Uranotlle, Welsendorf, Bavaria ; 

 Staffellte, Dehrn, LImburg, Isassau; and Montebrasite, Montebras, Creuse, France. 



Sussexite, Sussex Co., New Jersey, U. S. A. 



Vanadlnite in very distinct crystals, Obierberg, Kajopel, Carinthia ; Pucherite (a 

 bismuth vanadate), Pucher Mine, Schneeberg, Saxony. 



Valalte with clay-Ironstone, Gastowka, near Rossitz, Moravia, 



Specimens of Native Gold in a serpentine conglomerate from California have been 

 acquired by exchange from John Ruskin, Esq. 



Of minerals used for the purposes of jewelling have been added small but distinct 

 transparent crystals of Ruby, a facetted Oriental Amethyst, and an Oriental Emerald, a 

 facetted Hyacinth (Zircon) exhibiting internal cavliies, and some large and well-formed 

 Crystals of that mineral from Expallly, Hte. Loire, France ; a facetted Peridot and a pink 

 Topaz. 



Meteorites. 



The collection of Meteorites has been increased by the following specimens : — 



A portion, weighing 17 lbs. 12 ozs., of the stone which fell at Cleguerec, Morbihan, 

 France, on May 2nd, 1869. A large mass of Iron from Greenland (198 lbs. 8 ozs.), 

 being one of several obtained on the coast at Ovifak by the Swedish Exploring Expedition 

 under Professor Nordenskiold. 



Specimens of the Stone which fell at Searsmont, Maine, U.S. A, on May 21st. 1871, 

 have been presented by Aug. C. Hamlin, m.d. 



Fragments of a Stone from Spain, probably of that which fell at Berlanguillas in the 

 year 1811, have been presented by W. G. Lettsom, Esq. 



Nevil Slory-Maskdyne. 



Department of Botany. 



The additions that have been made to the General Herbarium during recent years 

 have been so extensive that the cabinets In which the collection of plants were some years 

 ago re-distributed, became too crowded to permit of further incorporation. During the 

 year a large series of cabinets, which had been gradually acquired for some years, were 

 added to those containing the Herbarium, so as to increase the accommodation for the 

 arranged General Herbarium by more than a third its previous dimensions. This neces- 

 sitated the re-dlstrlbutlon of the Herbarium itself throughout the whole series of cabinets. 

 Space has been in this way secured for the incorporation of the plants that have been 



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