80 ACCOUNS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Visitors. 



The number of visits recorded as made to the Department for purposes of con- 

 sultation or study is 683. 



Acquisitions. 



751 specimens have been acquired during the year 1889, namely, 402 minerals, 

 330 rocks, and 19 meteorites. These have been registered, numbered, labelled, and 

 placed in the collection. The more important of them are named below : — 



Minerals. 

 By Presentation : — 



Marcasite ; New Guinea ; by H. O. Forbes, Esq. 



Sperrylite ; Vermilion mine, Algoma, Canada ; by H. L. Wells, Esq. 



Turquoise ; Victoria, Australia ; by E. J. Dunn, Esq., F.G.s. 



Stibnite ; Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand ; by Sir Walter L. Buller, k.c.m.g. 



Apatite ; Ottawa, Canada ; Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.R.s. 



Cairngorm, and 24 crystals of quartz; by Professor N. S. Maskelyne, M.P., F.R.s. 



Twenty-nine specimens of Tin-ores and other minerals ; Harvey Peak District, 

 Dakota, U.S. A; by the Harvey Peak Tin Mining Company. 



Gold; Louisa Creek, Mudgee, New South Wales ; by F. Haes, Esq. 



Enargite and Iron Pyrites ; Coquimbo, Chili ; by H. Sewell, Esq. 



Twenty-nine specimens of Lead, Silver, and Copper Minerals ; Broken Hill Mines, 

 Yancowinna County, New South Wales ; by F. W. Bond, Esq. 



Nemalite ; Afghanistan ; by W. King, Esq., D.sc. 



Alunite ; Port Stephens District, New South Wales ; by H. D. Abbott, Esq. 



Hornblende ; Roda, Fredazzo, Tyrol ; and Ilmenite and Magnetite ; Zillerthal, 

 Tyrol ; by Prof. A. Cathrein. 



Magnetite, Haematite, and Fluor ; Hanjam Lsland, Per.sian Gulf; by Captain A. W. 

 Stifle, F.G.s. 



Anthophyllite, and Mica with inclusions ; Delaware County, Pennsylvania ; 

 Fibrolite, Brandy Wine Springs, Delaware; Augite, Burgess, Ontario, Canada; 

 Coiundum, Iredell County, North Carolina; Sard, Tampa Bay, Florida; by Col. J. 

 Willcox, of Pennsylvania. 



By Purchase : — 



Silver Minerals, with Caracolite and a new species (Daviesite) ; Sierra Gorda, 

 Chili. 



Roselite ; Schneeberg, Saxony. 



Stephanite in brilliant crystals ; Freiberg, Saxony. 



Manganese minerals, including Sarcinite and the new minerals, Brandtite, Rho- 

 dotilite ; Harstigen, Pajsberg, Sweden. 



Sphene, a very large crystal ; Zermatt, Switzerland. 



Pennine, in exceptionally large crystals ; Zermatt, Switzerland. 



Thorite ; Arendal, Norway. 



Sulphur in fine bright crystals ; Sicily. 



Columbite, a very large crystal ; Raade, Moss, Norway. 



Beryllonite ; Stoneham, Maine, U.S.A. 



Pucherite ; Schneeberg, Saxony. 



Broggerite ; Raade, Moss, Norway. 



Gadolinite, a large crystal ; Ytterby, Sweden. 



Calcite, a large number of very beautiful crystals, most of them twinned ; Egre- 

 mont, Cvimberland. 



Bementite ; Trotler Mine, Franklin, New Jersey, U.S.A. 



Utahite; Eureka Hill Mine, Utah, U.S.A. 



Phenacite ; Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.A. 



Andrewsite ; Wheal Phoenix, Liskeard, Cornwall. 



Hanksite, in fine large crystals ; San Bernardino County, California, U.S.A. 



Barytes ; Egremont, Cumberland. 



Pyrostilpnite and Xanthoconite ; Freiberg, Saxony. 



Fiedlerite and Laurionite ; Laurium, Greece. 



Melanophlogite, in exceptionally fine crystals; Girgenti, Sicily. 



Rhagite ; Schneeberg, Saxony. 



Kiistelite ; Przibram, Bohemia. 



Uintahite ; Uintah Mountains, Colorado, U.S.A. 



Vanadinite; Yuma County, Arizona, U.S.A. 



Tellurium ; Zalathna, Siebcnbiirgen. 



Corynite well crystallised ; Olsa, Carinthia. 



Datolite, a very large crystal ; Baveno, Italy. 



Topas in trachyte ; San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 



Dumortierite ; 



