212 G. F. Kunz—Topaz from Stoneham, Me. 
rowing, and we may hope ultimately to reach a satisfactory 
conclusion. 
February 3, 1883. 
Note—February 6th.—* Nature” for January 17, 1884, contains: 
striking corroboration of some of these views. From Honolulu 
comes a note, that during November the glow somewhat dimin- 
ished, but since November 25, they have again increased in marked 
degree. A note from near Warsaw, Russia, gives November 30 
as the date of an unusual brightening. Another observer in Frei- 
burg, Baden, reports brilliant red glow, on the morning of January 
10th. he morning of January 11th, with a clear sky, the dis- 
lay was confidently expected, but very surprisingly it did not 
p 
appear at all, the sun rising after a twilight of pale yellow.” In - 
the evening clouds arose in the west, at first showing the red mar- 
aa coloring of ordinary sunsets, but later on there came again, 
istinctly higher than even the cirri, a very brilliant and lasting 
red luminosity. 
Art. XXVI.—Topaz and associated Minerals at Stoneham,. 
e.; by GrorGEe F. Kunz 
[Read before the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at 
Minneapolis, August, 1883. ] 
erystals, and about sixty kilograms of fragments of topaz, with 
other interesting minerals. A personal visit to the — ee: 
er 
much credit is due for his keen perception in finding and bis — 
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The minerals to be described in this paper were all found 
within a radius of fifty square feet in a coarse granite on 66 
summit of Harndon Hill, which is 100 feet wide by about 250" 
feet long. For a brief-mention of the locality, reference may be 
