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Caledonite, Chili. 



Sternbergite, Joachimsthal, Bohemia. 



Onofrite, Charlotte mine, Clausthal, Hartz. 



Greenockite crystals, Bishoptown, Renfrewshire. 



Selenbismutite, Nordmark, Sweden. 



Specimens of Blende, Wanlockhead, Dumfries-shire. 



A very fine crystal of Copper Pyrites, Freiberg, Saxony. 



Pyrrhotite, Kongsberg, Norway. 



Specimens of Pyrargyrite, Andreasberg and Gonderbach. 



Freieslebenite, Freiberg, Saxony. 



Argentopyrite, Andreasberg, Hartz. 



Specimens of Namaqualite, Namaqualand, South Africa. 



Martite, well crystallised, Digby, New York, U.S.A. 



Alexandrite, Emerald mines, Ekaterinburg, Russia. 



Quartz enclosing long crystals of Epidote, from Madagascar. 



Precious Opal, Queensland. 



Fine polished slabs of Cat's Eye, Orange River, South Africa. 



A series of specimens of Cassiterite (stream tin), from various localities in the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Malachite and Chessylite, Buckingham mine. Nether Stowey, Somersetshire. 



F'ine specimens of Matlockite and Phosgenite, Matlock, Derbyshire. 



Phosgenite in large crystals, Monte Poni, Sardinia. 



Specimens of Calcite, Cleator Moor, Cumberland ; Andreasberg, Hartz; "VVanlockhead> 

 Dumfries-shire; and Cuba. 



Fine specimens of Aragonite, crystallised and coralloidal (Flos Ferri), Eisenerz, Styria. 



Specimens of Linarite, Red Gill Mines, Cumberland. 



Adamite, Laurium, Greece. 



Wavellite, Strengite, and Eleonorite, from Waldgirmes, Giessen. 



Ontariolite, Galway, Ontario Co., Canada. 



Bagotite, Bagot, Canada. 



Paraluminite, Kaden, Morbihan, France. 



Zincaluminite, Laurium, Greece. 



Nocerjne, Nocera, Vesuvius. 



Schii-merite, Summit Co., Colorado, U.S.A. 



Facetted specimens of Alexandrite, Diamond, Garnet and Ruby. 



Rocks. 



Ey Presentation :- 



Two hundred and forty-eight specimens from various localities in Scotland, but 

 principally from the Island of Arran and Perthshire : by the Committee of the British 

 Association. 



In addition to the above, about 4,500 specimens from Indian localities, transferred 

 from the India Museum in 1879, have been placed in the collection. 



By Purchase : — 

 Eighteen specimens of Lavas from the volcano of Antisana, near Quito, Ecuador. 



Meteorites. 



Fragments of the meteorites which have fallen at the following places have been 

 acquired during the past year. 



By Presentation : — 



Veramin, Teheran, Persia : from His Majesty the Shah of Persia. 

 Mejillones, Atacama: from F. A. Eck, Esq. 



By Purchase : — 



Augusta Co., Virginia, U.S.A. (a large slice). 



Verknoi-Udinsk, Transbaikal. 



Girgenti, Sicily. 



Macs, Transylvania (large stones, two of them weighing 18-^ and 10 lbs. respectively). 



Cangas de Onis, Spain. 



Tourinnes-la-grosse, Belgium. 



Milena, Croatia. 



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