-5 ACCOUNTS &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Diopside in very fine crystals; Ala, Turin, Italy. 

 Bertrandite ; Pisek, Boliemia. 

 Inesite. 



Groddecki(e; Franz- August mine, A ndreasberg, Harz. 

 Apatite; Liickmanier, Graubiindten, Switzerland. 

 Boart as an octahedral crystal. 



A magnificent series of Calcites in limpid prisms and enormoas twin crystals ; Egre- 

 inont, Cumberland. 



By Excliange : — 

 Tliulite ; Leiperville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 

 Serpierite; Laurlum, Greece. 

 Blende in tetrahedral crystals ; Cornwall. 

 Barytes (Wolnyn); Cornwall. 



Of the above minerals Barysite, Bertrandite, Biharite, Calcozincite, Eudidymite, 

 Groddeckite, Inesite, Serpierite and Szaibelyite are new to the collection. 



KOCKS. 



By Presentation : — 



Quartz Grit; Lliw, Swansea; by R. Etheridge, Esq., f.r.s. 

 Basalt ; San Paulo, Brazil ; and Diabase ; Snowdon ; by H. A. Miers, Esq. 

 Luxullianite ; Cornwall; by J. Rashleigh, Esq. 



Picrlte ; Menheniot, Cornwall ; by the Eight Honourable the Earl of St. Germans. 

 Pledmontite-glaucophane-sclilst; Olaklsau, Sikoku, Japan; by F. Rutley, Esq., F.G.S. 

 Dolerite ; Monaghan, Ireland ; by J. Campbell Hall, Esq., M.B, 

 Gabbro and Quartzlte ; Loire Inlerleure ; by M. A. de Lisle. 



Pvroxenite ; Morbihan, Brittany, and Salnte Nazaire, Loire Inferieure ; by 

 M.Ch. Baret. 



By Purchase : — 

 A collection of 100 rocks from the Azores. 



Meteorites. 

 By Presentation : — 



A portion of the iron of Heidelberg, weighing 13 grams. 

 A portion of the iron described by Wohler, weighing 4*5 grams. 

 Wessely, Moravia; fell 9th September 1831 ; weight 2-7 grams. 



Nageria, Agra, India; fell 24th April 1875; weight 5 grams ; all presented by the 

 Director of the Geological Survey of India. 



By Purchase : — 

 Powder Mill Creek ( " Rockwood " ), Tennessee, U.S.A.; weight 1,148 grams. 

 Iron Creek, Battle River, N. Saskatchewan, Canada; weight 79*5 grams. 

 Tabory, Qchansk, Perm, Russia ; fell 30th August 1887 ; weight 1,253 grams. 

 Pavlodar, Semipalatinsk, Asiatic Russia; weight 56*3 grams. 

 Mornans, Bordeaux, Drome, France; fell September 1875 ; weight 1,145 grams. 

 Aubres, Nyons, Drome, France; fell 14th September 1836 ; weight 496 grams. 

 Tumatlan, Jalisco, Mexico ; fell August 1879; weight 102-5 grams. 

 Grosnaja, Caucasus, Russia; fell 28th June 1861 ; weight 160 grams. 

 Assisi, Perugia, Italy ; fell 24th May 1886 ; weight 152 grams. 

 Kikino, Viasma, Smolensk, Russia; weight 27 gi-ams. 



Novo-Urei, Krasnoslobodsk, Pensa, Russia; fell 22nd September 1886; weight 22 

 grams. 



By Excliange : — 

 Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; fell January 1879 ; weight 6-3 grams. 

 Itapicurumirim, Province of Maranhao, Brazil ; fell March 1879 ; weight 6*4 grams. 

 Minas Geraes, Brazil ; Aveight 3-6 grams. 



Lexington County, S. Carolina, U.S.A.; weight 201-5 grams. 

 Tomatlan, Jalisco, Mexico ; fell 17th September 1879 ; weight 33-2 grams. 

 Of the above those of which the names are italicized are new to the collection. 



L. Fletcher. 



