BUILDING AND ORNAMENTAL STONES. 611 



Limestone [marble]. White; crystalline. Slab, 6 inches square. State of Sonora. 

 Muxican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 37814. 



White; crystalline. Zurnpango, State of Mexico. Mexican Geographical Ex- 



ploring Commission, 1885. 37715. 



Dull pinkish ; fine and compact. Slab, 6 inches square. Tecali, State of Pu- 



ebla. Mexican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 37729. 



Cretaceous. Water-blue and gray ; fossiliferous. Three specimens. Tezint- 



lan, State of Puebla. Mexican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 

 37998. 

 Limestone. Drab; fine and compact. State of Puebla. Mexican Geographical 



Exploring Commission, 1885. 38126. 

 Travertine [Mexican onyx]. Paper-weight, composed of a red kidney-shaped body 

 on a white base, 3 by 3 by 2 inches. State of Puebla. Purchased, 1885. 37593. 



Paper-weight. State of Puebla. Purchased, 1885. 37594. 



Nearly colorless ; transparent. Irregular slab, 6 by 3 by £ inch. State of 



Tecali, Puebla. Mexican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 37596. 



Paper-knife, 7\ inches long. State of Puebla. Purchased, 1885. 37595. 



Nearly white; 1\ by 5^ by \ inch. State of Puebla. Charles E. Hall & Co., 



1884. 36757. 



Light green and white. Three blocks, one 1\ by 7£ by 6 inches, and two 4 



by 4 by If inches ; also three thin slabs of the same, mounted on stands, to 

 show yeination. Tecali, State of Puebla. Mexican Geographical Exploring 

 Commission, 1885. 37640. 

 Travertine. Light variegated ; 6£ by llf by 2 inches. State of Aguas Calientes. 



Mexican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 37642. 

 Tuff. Light colored ; coarsely vesicular. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographi- 

 cal Exploring Commission, 1885. 37709. 



Fine ; pinkish. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical Exploring Com- 



mission, 1885. 37710. 



Fine; light colored; soft and pliable. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geo- 



graphical Exploring Commission, 1885. 37694. 



Fine; salmon color. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical Exploring 



Commission, 1885. 37718. 

 — — Pink. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 

 37785. 



Fine ; light pinkish. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical Exploring 



Commission, 1885. 37713. 



Coarsely porous; light pink. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical 



Exploring Commission, 1885. 37781. 



Coarse; light reddish. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical Explor- 

 ing Commission, 1885. 37782. 



Nearly white, streaked with yellow and red. Two specimens. State of Zacate- 



cas. Mexican Geographical Exploring Commission, 1885. 37743. 



Light colored ; slightly pinkish. State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical 



Exploring Commission, 1885. 37738. 



Very light pinkish. Santa Cruz, State of Zacatecas. Mexican Geographical 



Exploring Commission, 1885. 37732. 



Compact. Five-inch cube. Two specimens. State of Zacatecas. J. S. F. 



Batchen, 1884. 36805. 



Compact; reddish. Five-inch cube. State of Zacatecas. J. S. F. Batchen, 



1884. 36804. 



