﻿JAPAN 
  AND 
  AUSTRALIA. 
  

  

  Large 
  shipments 
  lately 
  arrived 
  have 
  excited 
  unusual 
  interest, 
  as 
  testified 
  by 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  telegraphic 
  orders 
  received. 
  

  

  JAPAN.— 
  Our 
  agent 
  in 
  Japan 
  obtained 
  for 
  us 
  many 
  typical 
  well 
  known 
  

   species 
  and 
  at 
  a 
  sufficiently 
  low 
  figure 
  to 
  permit 
  inviting 
  prices 
  to 
  our 
  customers. 
  

   Below 
  we 
  mention 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important. 
  

  

  ZEOLITES: 
  Heulandite, 
  Apophyllite, 
  Analcite. 
  

  

  Q,XTAIITZ: 
  Smoky, 
  Amethyst, 
  Chalcedony. 
  

  

  stibnite: 
  rhodochrosite 
  : 
  topaz, 
  anorthite. 
  

   orthoclase. 
  epidote. 
  

  

  AUSTRALIA.— 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  worthy 
  of 
  separate 
  description, 
  though 
  

   other 
  notable 
  species 
  are 
  only 
  named 
  in 
  this 
  limited 
  space. 
  

  

  Opals. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  newly 
  opened 
  opal 
  fields 
  in 
  X. 
  S. 
  W. 
  was 
  visited 
  by 
  our 
  

   collector, 
  and 
  an 
  astonishing 
  variety 
  of 
  layer 
  opal 
  obtained. 
  The 
  rainbow 
  com- 
  

   binations 
  with 
  white 
  cloud 
  effects 
  leaves 
  one 
  amazed 
  and 
  bewildered! 
  Prices 
  

   up 
  to 
  twenty 
  dollars. 
  

  

  Special 
  attention 
  is 
  called 
  to 
  a 
  unique 
  and 
  valuable 
  "opal 
  pseudomorph, 
  

   probably 
  after 
  an 
  orthorhombic 
  mineral 
  " 
  (Penfield). 
  

  

  Precious 
  Opal 
  in 
  a 
  curious 
  association 
  with 
  opalized 
  wood. 
  A 
  new 
  occur- 
  

   rence. 
  Prices 
  range 
  between 
  50c. 
  and 
  $4.00. 
  

  

  Marshite. 
  This 
  rarity 
  can 
  now 
  be 
  furnished 
  in 
  distinct 
  crystallizations, 
  

   needing 
  no 
  lens 
  to 
  disclose 
  them. 
  "Too 
  few 
  to 
  go 
  'round," 
  with 
  prices 
  from 
  

   $4.00 
  upwards. 
  

  

  Stolzite 
  and 
  Raspite. 
  Two 
  of 
  the 
  rarest 
  of 
  lead 
  compounds, 
  both 
  tung- 
  

   states, 
  but 
  of 
  different 
  crystallization. 
  Our 
  present 
  assortment 
  of 
  both 
  species 
  is 
  

   without 
  rival, 
  but 
  they 
  will 
  vanish 
  promptly 
  as 
  did 
  the 
  former 
  lot. 
  Prices 
  for 
  

   good 
  specimens, 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  ten 
  dollars 
  ; 
  better 
  may 
  be 
  had 
  at 
  higher 
  figures. 
  

  

  Golden 
  Anglesite. 
  Nothing 
  finer 
  for 
  color 
  or 
  brilliancy 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  under 
  

   this 
  species. 
  They 
  must 
  be 
  seen 
  to 
  be 
  fully 
  appreciated. 
  Prices 
  from 
  75c. 
  to 
  

   $10. 
  OU; 
  a 
  few 
  higher. 
  

  

  Pyromorphite, 
  large 
  and 
  well 
  terminated. 
  Ton 
  might 
  think 
  it 
  from 
  Ems 
  

   but 
  for 
  the 
  odd 
  variations. 
  

  

  Cerussite, 
  in 
  twin 
  crystals 
  and 
  reticulated 
  masses. 
  

  

  Copper, 
  carbonates 
  and 
  native, 
  including 
  gemmy 
  little 
  Azurite 
  crystals. 
  

  

  Chalcedony, 
  from 
  Kerguelen 
  Island, 
  South 
  Indian 
  Ocean. 
  25c. 
  to 
  .SI. 
  00. 
  

  

  Rutile, 
  in 
  separate 
  crystals 
  of 
  remarkable 
  symmetry 
  and 
  perfection. 
  Not 
  

   large, 
  but 
  of 
  good 
  quality, 
  bright 
  faces 
  and 
  varied 
  habits. 
  Individual 
  crystals 
  

   from 
  15c. 
  to 
  $1.50. 
  Selected 
  suites 
  of 
  four, 
  at 
  $1.75 
  to 
  $3.75. 
  

  

  FRANKLIN'S 
  NEW 
  SPECIES. 
  

  

  Mineralogists 
  were 
  again 
  surprised 
  when 
  announcement 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  

   species 
  discovered 
  at 
  the 
  old 
  locality. 
  We 
  have 
  been 
  holding 
  sale 
  on 
  these 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  compounds 
  for 
  several 
  months 
  pending 
  description 
  published 
  by 
  Professor 
  

   Penfield 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Warren 
  in 
  "-Dana's 
  First 
  Appendix,'^ 
  and 
  are 
  pleased 
  to 
  offer 
  

   the 
  following 
  rarities 
  in 
  typical 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Nasonite, 
  another 
  lead 
  silicate, 
  massive, 
  but 
  readily 
  recognized. 
  We 
  have 
  

   few 
  specimens 
  and 
  can't 
  get 
  more, 
  so 
  your 
  order 
  should 
  bo 
  filed 
  at 
  once. 
  

   Prices 
  from 
  $2.00 
  to 
  $8.00. 
  

  

  Glaucochroite, 
  CaMnSi04. 
  Distinct 
  crystals 
  in 
  several 
  instances, 
  but 
  

   extremely 
  rare. 
  The 
  mineral 
  was 
  sparingly 
  found 
  and 
  commands 
  a 
  high 
  price. 
  

  

  Hardystonite. 
  Announced 
  by 
  Professor 
  Wolff. 
  Distinct 
  crystals 
  though 
  

   rough 
  are 
  rare. 
  The 
  massive 
  mineral 
  is 
  the 
  cheapest 
  new 
  species 
  we 
  have 
  ever 
  

   placed 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  ; 
  50c. 
  to 
  $2 
  00. 
  

  

  Hancockite, 
  both 
  crystallized 
  and 
  massive, 
  the 
  former 
  associated 
  with 
  bril- 
  

   liant 
  Axinite. 
  Prices 
  from 
  50c. 
  to 
  ^1.00. 
  

  

  School 
  and 
  Academy 
  Collections. 
  

   Crystals. 
  Laboratory 
  3Iaterial. 
  

  

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  i^oote:, 
  

  

  WARREN 
  M, 
  FOOTE, 
  Manager. 
  

  

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  A 
  

  

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  1876. 
  

  

  