﻿HEMATITE 
  CRYSTALS 
  FROM 
  NORTH 
  CAROLINA. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  English 
  has 
  been 
  spending 
  most 
  of 
  his 
  time 
  

   recently 
  in 
  the 
  Carolinas 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  also 
  had 
  our 
  

   own 
  collector 
  at 
  work 
  for 
  two 
  months 
  with 
  a 
  force 
  of 
  

   men. 
  As 
  a 
  result 
  we 
  can 
  offer 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   new 
  minerals. 
  Among 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  are 
  the 
  

   Hematites. 
  The 
  specimens 
  vary 
  greatly 
  in 
  habit, 
  

   commonly 
  they 
  are 
  groups 
  of 
  quite 
  simple 
  tabular 
  

   crystals 
  averaging 
  1 
  to 
  1 
  and 
  % 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  ; 
  

   occasionally 
  highly 
  modified 
  forms 
  are 
  found. 
  Their 
  

   luster 
  is 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  crystals, 
  

   which 
  they 
  also 
  resemble 
  in 
  other 
  respects. 
  The- 
  

   find 
  is 
  quite 
  limited. 
  Prices 
  range 
  from 
  25c. 
  for 
  

   loose 
  crystals 
  and 
  small 
  groups 
  to 
  $1.00 
  to 
  $3.50 
  for 
  fine 
  large 
  groups. 
  

  

  RUTILATED 
  AMETHYST. 
  

  

  Our 
  collector 
  has 
  thoroughly 
  worked 
  this 
  North 
  Carolina 
  locality 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  month 
  and 
  we 
  now 
  have 
  a 
  splendid 
  stock. 
  Loose 
  crystals 
  and 
  small 
  

   groups 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  25c. 
  Larger 
  groups 
  50c. 
  to 
  $3.50. 
  The 
  Amethyst 
  is 
  of 
  

   rich 
  color 
  and 
  the 
  Rutile 
  in 
  long 
  brilliant 
  metallic 
  needles, 
  making 
  a 
  most 
  

   pleasing 
  combination. 
  Enclosures 
  of 
  Gothite, 
  Hematite, 
  etc., 
  are 
  also 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  specimens. 
  

  

  RARE 
  NORTH 
  CAROLINA 
  QUARTZ 
  CRYSTALS. 
  

  

  A 
  second 
  visit 
  by 
  Mr. 
  English 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  Lincoln 
  Co. 
  mineral 
  belt 
  and 
  a 
  

   great 
  deal 
  of 
  work 
  by 
  our 
  own 
  collector 
  and 
  many 
  purchases 
  made 
  by 
  him, 
  

   have 
  yielded 
  us 
  unquestionably 
  the 
  finest 
  collection 
  of 
  rare 
  quartzes 
  ever 
  

   shipped 
  from 
  this 
  region. 
  The 
  scores 
  of 
  crystals 
  so 
  rapidly 
  sold 
  when 
  our 
  

   first 
  lot 
  reached 
  New 
  York 
  encouraged 
  us 
  to 
  thoroughly 
  work 
  the 
  various 
  

   pockets 
  and 
  our 
  latest 
  accessions 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  of 
  all. 
  Crystals 
  

   with 
  their 
  terminations 
  rounded 
  off 
  by 
  a 
  multitude 
  of 
  minute 
  but 
  distinct 
  

   planes, 
  crystals 
  with 
  their 
  vertical 
  edges 
  replaced 
  by 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  trapezohe- 
  

   drons, 
  crystals 
  with 
  most 
  wonderful 
  etching, 
  crystals 
  so 
  distorted 
  as 
  to 
  

   puzzle 
  a 
  crystallographer, 
  crystals 
  with 
  bubbles 
  moving 
  an 
  inch 
  or 
  more, 
  

   crystals 
  with 
  enclosures 
  of 
  Eutile, 
  Muscovite, 
  Tourmaline, 
  Hematite, 
  Gothite, 
  

   etc.; 
  crystals 
  of 
  rich 
  Amethystine 
  and 
  smoky 
  colors 
  combined 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   specimen, 
  crystals 
  without 
  end 
  ! 
  

  

  Boxes 
  sent 
  on 
  approval 
  by 
  us 
  will 
  contain 
  only 
  carefully 
  selected 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  real 
  merit, 
  and 
  not 
  the 
  lot 
  of 
  rubbish 
  always 
  put 
  in 
  by 
  local 
  collectors, 
  

   who 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  good 
  crystals 
  from 
  bad 
  ones. 
  50c. 
  to 
  $1.50 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  

   range 
  of 
  prices 
  for 
  really 
  fine 
  specimens, 
  but 
  for 
  10c. 
  to 
  25c. 
  we 
  can 
  furnish 
  

   many 
  very 
  choice 
  little 
  crystals. 
  A 
  few 
  large 
  museum 
  groups 
  still 
  remain. 
  

  

  HAUERITE 
  ! 
  A 
  GREAT 
  COLLECTION 
  PURCHASED. 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  year 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  negotiating 
  for 
  a 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  

   Sicilian 
  Hauerites 
  and 
  on 
  April 
  15th 
  we 
  cabled 
  our 
  acceptance 
  of 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  first 
  installment 
  has 
  now 
  arrived 
  and 
  others 
  will 
  reach 
  us 
  by 
  June 
  

   1st. 
  The 
  crystals 
  already 
  received 
  include 
  one 
  simple 
  octahedron 
  2 
  and 
  % 
  

   inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  one 
  very 
  large 
  cubo-octahedron, 
  five 
  octahedrons, 
  of 
  

   about 
  1 
  and 
  \£ 
  inches, 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  very 
  sharp 
  little 
  crystals. 
  Several 
  

   new 
  twin 
  crystals 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  rare 
  forms, 
  groups 
  and 
  matrix 
  specimens 
  

   are 
  still 
  to 
  arrive. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  collection 
  of 
  Hauerites 
  ever 
  

   brought 
  together 
  and, 
  as 
  the 
  mine 
  is 
  closed, 
  it 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  TILLY 
  FOSTER 
  MINERALS. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  run 
  on 
  our 
  magnificent 
  stock 
  of 
  Chondrodites 
  and 
  Clinochlores 
  

   still 
  continues, 
  and 
  yet 
  there 
  are 
  still 
  many 
  fine 
  specimens. 
  See 
  last 
  month's 
  

   announcement. 
  

  

  OTHER 
  RECENT 
  ADDITIONS. 
  

  

  Virginia, 
  Tscheffkinite 
  ; 
  S. 
  Dakota, 
  Autunite; 
  gorgeous 
  Labradorite; 
  native 
  

   Antimony 
  ; 
  splendid 
  Obsidian, 
  Chrysotile, 
  Jade 
  ; 
  75 
  Styrian 
  Flos 
  Ferri 
  ; 
  Monte 
  

   Poni 
  Anglesites 
  ; 
  Griphite, 
  etc. 
  

  

  124 
  pp. 
  Catalogue. 
  Illustrated 
  by 
  87 
  cuts, 
  and 
  describing 
  every 
  mineral. 
  

   25c. 
  in 
  paper 
  ; 
  50c. 
  in 
  cloth. 
  

  

  44 
  pp. 
  Illustrated 
  Price-Lists, 
  4c. 
  Circulars 
  Free. 
  

  

  GEO. 
  L. 
  ENGLISH 
  & 
  CO., 
  Mineralogists, 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  City. 
  

  

  