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leave his establishment about which there was with him the slightest 

 doubt as to the authenticity of the specimen or the correctness of the 

 label. 



As to localities, Professor Foote did an immense amount of pioneer 

 work, both in opening and developing old localities and in discovering 

 new ones. This alone entitles him to the gratitude of all lovers of the 

 science. As early as 1870 he began this work in the region of lake Su- 

 perior, accompanied by a class of students. 



He spent some five months at Isle Royale and obtained many magnifi- 

 cent specimens of chlorastrolite, finer than any that had ever been found. 

 He brought to light also the interesting gemstone to which he gave the 

 name of zonochlorite, and which was generally recognized as a distinct 

 species, although it has recently been referred to prehnite by Hawes. 



At about the same time he visited tlie lead and zhic mines of Jo})lin 

 and Oronogo, in southeastern Missouri, and was among the first to bring 

 specimens from that region to the notice and within the reach of eastern 

 collectors. 



The same may be said of his work near Hot Springs, in Arkansas, 

 whence before only a few stray specimens had been obtained of the beauti- 

 ful quartz that has now become so abundant in cabinets, while the min- 

 erals of Magnet cove, the arkansite, wavellite, variscite and many others 

 were almost or entirely unknown. 



Somewhat later he developed on an extensive scale the great locality 

 of amazonstone and smoky quartz at Pike's peak, and sent these elegant 

 specimens far and wide to enrich the pul)lic and private collections of 

 the whole world. 



He discovered and brought to notice mazapilite, paramelaconite, caco- 

 clasite and footeite, all of which were fully described by Dr George A. 

 Koenig. 



The magnificent twin zircons and apatites of Canada, the copper min- 

 erals from Arizona and New Mexico, the hanksite and other minerals 

 from California, etcetera, are a few of the fine minerals he brought to light. 



His monthly bulletins containing announcements of new mineral con- 

 signments, with valuable mineral notes, and republishing scientific papers 

 and widely distributing them throughout the United States had much 

 to do with bringing scientific information before the public. Another 

 great work was his scientific book business ; the bringing together of old 

 libraries or scientific books that had found their way into the common 

 old bookstores, cataloguing them and placing them at the disposal of 

 active workers by means of monthl}^ bulletins. 



Professor Foote was always interested in expositions, and made ex- 

 cellent displays at the Centennial Exposition, 1876 ; Louisville, Ken- 



