fillNERALOGY OF FRANKLIN. 287 



Franklin, commencing and terminating with the blue 

 limestone, that being the rock which forms the lateral 

 boundary or breadth of our range. 



The following is a list of the minerals which we 

 have found in the vicinity of Franklin ; a minute 

 description of many of them will be given shortly. 



1. Dysluite,* a new mineral. 



2. Jeffersonite. 



3. Franklinite. 



4. Red zinc ore. 



5. Carbonate of zinc. 



6. Silicious oxide of zinc. 



7. Corundum. 



8. An torn alite 



9. Spinelle. 



10. Zircon. 



11. Feldspar. 



12. Scapolite. 



13. Pyroxene. 



14. Amphibole. 

 tS. Garnet. 



16. Mica. 



17. Vesuvian. 



18. Chondrodite. 



19. Carbonate of lime. 



* The Dysluite is a new mineral, which crystallizes in regu- 

 lar octohedrons. Its specific gravity is from 4. 35—4. 60. It is 

 infusible before the blowpipe : a full account of this mineral 

 may be expected in a subsequent number. 



