36 C. U. Shepard on Lazulite, etc., in Georgia. 
Art. VIL—On Lazulite, Pyrophyllite and Tetradymite in Georgia; 
_ by Cuartes UpHam SHeparp. | : 
WHILE at Allatoona, Ga., in April last, Mr. S. Harris of that — 
place received a small blue crystal from Dr. Stephenson of Lin — 
coln county, the name of which the Doctor wished to learn. It : 
being handed over to me for determination, I found it to be — 
Lazulite. The form of the crystal was well defined, and wholly 
different from any specimens I had ever seen from Lincoln county, — 
or from elsewhere. This decided me to visit the locality if pos: — 
sible, on my way back to Charleston. On making the necessary — 
inquiries for my route, I learned with surprise, that instead of — 
coming from Lincoln county, N. C., it was from a county of the : 
Same name in Georgia, the two being several hundred miles — 
apart. a 
Want of time however, prevented my reaching nearer than 
within twelve miles of the spot; but I was fortunate to obtain 
the assistance of Dr. Stephenson in procuring a supply of the — 
mineral. He was good enough to visit the locality twice, at 
tended by two miners; and has favored me with a description of | 
the circumstances under which lazulite occurs. : 
The locality is upon Graves’ mountain, a ridge three hundred — 
feet high and two miles in length. This elevation is situated — 
about twelve miles northwest of the short auriferous belt, known © 
as the Columbia gold mines in a county of the same name, lying : 
i d to be 
surmounted at each end b 
ing, ghia hopper-shaped cavity, at the tips. These cry 
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