C. U. Shepard on Lazulite, etc., in Georgia. 37 
polish and lustre equal to that of their own planes. A little 
common quartz is also mingled with the kyanite and rutile. 
Occasionally small imbedded crystals of quartz, of the form of 
those a in the Trenton limestone of New York, are seen in 
the kyan 
Giviyia associated with kyanite, rutile and quartz, are “ta 
able masses (eight or ten inches thick) of a mineral known among 
the miners of Georgia as steatite, but which is true sipropliy lls — 
differing in no respect from that of the Urals, except in the finer 
stellulations it presents, and in the slight ferruginous stain it ex- 
hibits near their centres. 
The hematite is massive, granular (approaching ss but 
the masses are somewhat open, from inclu ing the composing 
ferruginous kyanite, particles of pyrophyllite and ae portions 
of compact rutile e large masses Bseeei orp possess a 
somewhat slag- ‘like and roughened as and suggest, on being 
handled, the presence of some native maslal It is possible that 
this hematite may ~—e titanium as a constant ingredient; in 
which case it may e a new minera 
To the Seeomtese of this fifty feet band, “ten eh the itacolumite, 
sandy, and presents a pale buff er ne but at a epi of three 
feet, it approaches compactness, with a greyish white color. It 
1s obeeiaay schistose, vith a tendency only to cleavage, and at 
intervals ‘ot nearer than two or three inches. The lazulite is 
—— wholly in crystals, varying from a quarter to one inch in 
length ; and are ear like garnets through granite or mica 
slate, presenting ing appearance from the contrast 
between the mer toni A bled: of the mineral, and the clear, pale 
of the rock. 
e itacolumite contains traces of gold, especially near the 
Southern extremity of the formation, where it becomes mo 
schistose and embraces minute crystals 0 of i It has here 
ag worked to some extent for the precious metal.* 
aspect specimens of the hematitic mixture of kyanite and 
seems he di pel ee © of Brazil; and eo cn bat regard this 
suggests 
aa dig e etme. Fst examined for the corgrcert a : 
at es ten wile of this gem ine been found in Burke comity, t sci in 
Habersham, two in Hall and one in t of these is said 
count 
ave sold “for $150 in Philadelphia. The w ee ne 1 Saree Ons te 
id in the heed pono rte ten cannot cheeelate be less than thirty, nearly all of 
