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of New Brunswick was well posted up by Dr. Dawson, in 1868, 
in the second edition of his excellent oe Geology, and illus- 
trated by a geological map. The authors give a more il 
account of some parts os the nibleat together with the results of 
beds by Mr. Matthew, was first proved to be Primordial “i Prof. 
C. F, Hartt, his discoveries with regard to the fossils, added to 
those previousl obtained, enabling him to announce this con- 
elusion with full confidence, the species of Lingula, Para 
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yond doubt. The formation consists mainly of shales and is stated 
to be a little over 2000 feet in thickness, It occurs in Southern 
eet Geol olog 
21. Stirlingite, Z.. erite.—Kenngott, in the February number 
of the Jahrbuch fir Mineralogie, has applied to the chrysolite 
containing zine, described by Repper in this Journal, II, 1, 35, the 
name Stirlingite, and to - manganesian dolomite, of the same 
author and page, the : is name 
Reepperite by Prof. Bruah i in the supplement to Dana’s Mineralogy, 
issued a month later arch s the silicate is more 
deserving of a — name, it is to be regretted that Reepper’s 
name cannot be it. 
The Jahrbuch ‘fir Mineralogie, Geologie und Palzontologie, of 
Leonhard and Geinitz (formerly Leonhard and Bronn), publish shed 
at Stuttgart, is the only journal in which mineralogists will find 
all the latest mineralogical news. It is an excellent journal also 
in its other departments, geology and paleontology. 
22. Oligoclase from Wilmington, Delaware—N. Teclu gives 
for the <a of this oligoclase, 
aa alumina 23°56, lime 2°84, sods 9°04. potash 1°1}==101-30. 
The s described as remarkable for having ‘cleavage 
pail to a prismatic fac 
omorphite in Nevada. —Professor wha gan mentions 
six inches to as many feet. A specimen had the e appearance of 
French prepared chalk. It occurs in crore deposits, but the 
locality the discoverer declined to disclose. Dr. Blake had found 
it to be a form of borate of lime.—Proe. ‘Cal. Acad. Sei., iv, 195- 
24. Zeunerite of A. Weisbach, an arsenate of uranium and cop- 
per, related to uranite in luster, grass-green color, tetragonal 
