CHARM STONES. — DESCRIPTION S OF FIGURES. 



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Fig. I. — Represents the oldest known specimen from California, found in an old 

 river channel under Table Mountain, Tuolumne Co., California; 

 made of yellowish, translucent arragonite, symmetrically made and 

 finely polished; several unique and interesting relics were found 

 with this and they formed the subject of discussion before the Am. 

 Assoc, for the Advancement of Science at its meeting in Chicago 

 in 18 — ; original in Vale College; cast in writer's collection. 



Fig. 2. — Of close grained sandstone, unfinished, Contra Costa County, Cal. 



Fig. 3. — Of trap, well finished, Alameda County, Cal. 



Fig. 4. — Fine grained, argillaceous brown sandstone, unfinished; Alameda or 

 Contra Costa County, Cal. This specimen has a number of notch- 

 es near the upper extremity, extending around the implement, but 

 mis-matched; evidently intended for suspension. 



Fig. 5. — Of serpentine, perforated, smoothly finished, Alameda or Costra Costa 

 Counties. 



Fig. 6. — Unique specimen of trap rock, finely made, Alameda Co., California. 



Fig. 7. — Hard, pure white magnesian rock, containing crystals of a dark minera- 

 al (serpentine?), Alameda County. This specimen is beautifully 

 polished, but broken at both ends; the break at the upper end 

 passed through the perforation. 



Fig. 8. — Dark slaty rock, finely finished, perforated, showing free gold in consid- 

 erable quantity near the upper end; Napa County, California. 



Fig. 9. — Dark metamorphic rock (sandstone), finely finished with a neck at the 

 upper end, Napa County California. 



Fig. 10. — Perforated, oval in section, made of arragonite, the softer layers of the 

 rock being weathered out by long exposure, or dissolved out by 

 water, leaving the harder portions in projecting lines, which are 

 much more apparent in the original than shown in the illustration. 



Fig. II. — Of very hard slate or trap, perforated, with a depression running from 

 the perforation on one side over the top to the other side of the 

 perforation; this peculiarity is not shown in the illustration; Napa 

 or Contra Costa County, Cal. 



