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8. Minercdogical Notes. (1) Vesuvianite from Newbury, 

 Mass.; by W. O. Ceosby and James T. Greeley. — An investi- 

 gation with analysis of a massive mineral occurring with serpen- 

 tine in the lime quarries of Newbury, Mass., has proved that it 

 is vesuvianite, and not massive garnet, as has been supposed 

 (Dana's Mineralogy). 



(2) Gahnite from Roive, Mass.; by W. O. Ceosby and Chaeles 

 L. Beown. — A partial analysis is given of the zinc spinel occur- 

 ring with pyrite at Rowe, Mass. The authors announce the oc- 

 currence as a new discovery, evidently not having seen the paper 

 on the subject by A. G. Dana, published three years since (this 

 Journal, xxix, 455). — Technology Quarterly, i, 407, 408, May, 1888. 



9. Brazilian Meteorites. — Seven Brazilian meteorites are re- 

 presented in the collection of the National Museum of Rio de 

 Janeiro of which only three (Bendego, Santa Catherina and 

 Macau) have been previously described. The new ones are: 

 Itapicuru-mirim (Prov. de Maranhao) March, 1879, chondrite, 

 weight 2*024 grams, spec. grav. 3*638. Santa Barbara (Prov. 

 de Rio Grande do Sul) Sept. 26, 1873, chondrite, weight of two 

 authentic specimens, representing apparently about a quarter part 

 of the single stone collected, 93*211 grams, spec. grav. 3*478. 

 Minas Geraesf Date and place of fall unknown, but supposed 

 to be from the province of Minas Geraes, chondrite, weight 1*224 

 grams, spec. grav. 3-48-3*51. Angra clos Reis (Prov. de Rio de 

 Janeiro) Jan. 15-31, 1869, Angrite (Ludwig and Tschermak, Min. 

 Mitth., 1887), weight of a piece representing about a quarter 

 part of the original mass, 446 5 grams, spec. grav. 3*43-3*47; com- 

 position augite 93"28, olivine 5*45, magnetic pyrites 1*27. 



A fragment of a chondrite labeled " Rio de Janeiro " is pre- 

 sumed to belong to the Santa Christina meteorite. A stone from 

 Ponta Grossa, province of Parana, sent to the Emperor in 1867 

 and described as having a syenitic aspect with a wrinkled reddish 

 crust (Eukrite or Howardite ?) has disappeared. A fragment of 

 iron in Claussen's collection presumed to be the one referred to by 

 him (Bull, de l'Acad. Bruxelles, 1841) under the name of the 

 Curvelle meteorite, is artificial, as is also a reputed meteorite at 

 Areado, in the province of Minas Geraes. Another pseudo-meteor- 

 ite is an artificial mass of metal said to have fallen June 14, 1861, 

 near Curitiba, prov. of Parana. It has not yet been definitely 

 ascertained if a meteorite fell on that day or not. Meteorites are 

 also reported from Morro do Chapeo and Monte Alto in the pro- 

 vince of Bahia in regard to which no definite information has 

 been obtained. — (0. A. Derby, in Revista do Observatorio of Rio 

 de Janeiro. 



10. Note on the Locality of the Santa Catharina Meteorite. — 

 The masses of iron known by this name were found scattered 

 over a triangular area of about 10,200 square meters at a distance 

 of 4,200 meters from the city of Sao Francisco do Sul on the 

 island of the same name. This portion of the island is composed 

 of gneiss and granite cut by dykes of diabase. The soil about 



