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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  from 
  Newcomb 
  have 
  also 
  proved 
  of 
  interest 
  as 
  showing 
  several 
  

   rare 
  crystal 
  forms. 
  

  

  A 
  case 
  containing 
  a 
  few 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  and 
  unique 
  calcite 
  

   crystals 
  from 
  Sterlingbush 
  has 
  been 
  installed 
  in 
  the 
  corridor 
  of 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  Capitol 
  where 
  the 
  fine 
  pink 
  and 
  purple 
  colors 
  of 
  

   these 
  specimens 
  show 
  to 
  excellent 
  effect. 
  

  

  The 
  packing 
  for 
  storage 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   minerals 
  was 
  completed 
  and 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  labeling 
  for 
  the 
  boxes 
  has 
  

   been 
  devised 
  by 
  which 
  newly 
  collected 
  material 
  can 
  be 
  readily 
  

   sorted 
  into 
  its 
  place 
  when 
  the 
  entire 
  collection 
  is 
  reassembled. 
  

  

  A 
  collection 
  illustrating 
  the 
  recent 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  museum 
  in 
  miner- 
  

   alogy 
  was 
  exhibited 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  annual 
  reception 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

   Academy 
  of 
  Science 
  at 
  the 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  

   in 
  December. 
  

  

  The 
  mineral 
  collections 
  have 
  been 
  enriched 
  through 
  the 
  gift 
  of. 
  

   Mrs 
  J. 
  V. 
  L. 
  Pruyn 
  of 
  a 
  collection 
  illustrating 
  the 
  minerals 
  from 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Mount 
  Vesuvius, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  Mr 
  H. 
  H. 
  Hind- 
  

   shaw 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  minerals 
  from 
  Lyon 
  Mountain, 
  Clin- 
  

   ton 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y., 
  which 
  latter 
  amply 
  supplements 
  the 
  material 
  previ- 
  

   ously 
  acquired 
  by 
  the 
  museum 
  from 
  this 
  interesting 
  locality. 
  A 
  

   beautiful 
  series 
  of 
  minerals 
  from 
  foreign 
  localities 
  was 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  Dr 
  F. 
  Krantz 
  of 
  Bonn. 
  

  

  The 
  field 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  handsome 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  graphite 
  mines 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Crown 
  Point 
  and 
  Ticonderoga, 
  Essex 
  co., 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  over 
  50 
  specimens 
  of 
  tremolite 
  from 
  a 
  new 
  locality 
  near 
  Gouver- 
  

   neur, 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  co., 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   calcite 
  for 
  exhibition 
  and 
  study 
  from 
  the 
  limestone 
  quarries 
  at 
  

   Smith's 
  Basin, 
  Alsen 
  and 
  West 
  Camp. 
  

  

  An 
  important 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  gem 
  minerals 
  from 
  New 
  

   York, 
  comprises 
  26 
  crystals 
  of 
  diopside 
  from 
  the 
  well 
  known 
  locality 
  

   at 
  DeKalb, 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  co. 
  These 
  average 
  15 
  millimeters 
  in 
  

   diameter, 
  the 
  largest 
  measuring 
  35 
  millimeters 
  across 
  the 
  basal 
  sec- 
  

   tion. 
  They 
  are, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  transparent 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  emerald 
  

   green 
  color. 
  They 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  Assistant 
  State 
  Geologist 
  

   from 
  Mr 
  Calvin 
  Mitchell 
  of 
  DeKalb 
  Junction. 
  

  

  PALEONTOLOGY 
  

  

  Early 
  Devonic 
  faunas. 
  In 
  all 
  of 
  my 
  recent 
  reports 
  reference 
  

   has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  investigations 
  and 
  correlation 
  

   studies 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  early 
  Devonic 
  faunas 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  