﻿WONDERFUL 
  ENGLISH 
  MINERALS! 
  

  

  THE 
  results 
  of 
  our 
  Mr. 
  Atkinson's 
  visits 
  to 
  the 
  celebrated 
  English 
  

   mineral 
  localities 
  have 
  far 
  exceeded 
  our 
  most 
  sanguine 
  expecta- 
  

   tions. 
  

  

  Egremont 
  Calcite 
  Twins 
  in 
  richest 
  profusion, 
  including 
  the 
  finest 
  

   group 
  of 
  twins 
  ever 
  found, 
  also 
  the 
  best 
  "hexagonal 
  right-angled" 
  

   crystal, 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  the 
  superb 
  phantoms 
  (showing 
  an 
  enclosed 
  scaleno- 
  

   hedron), 
  a 
  superb 
  series 
  of 
  twins, 
  groups 
  and 
  single 
  crystals, 
  the 
  ship- 
  

   ment 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  comprising 
  a 
  far 
  finer 
  and 
  larger 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  Egre- 
  

   mont 
  Calcites 
  than 
  has 
  ever 
  before 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  this 
  country. 
  

   Expected 
  in 
  by 
  July 
  1st. 
  

  

  Stank 
  Mine 
  Calcites 
  of 
  endless 
  forms 
  and 
  colors, 
  including 
  two 
  new 
  

   types. 
  Now 
  on 
  sale. 
  The 
  lot 
  is 
  so 
  large 
  and 
  fine 
  that 
  notwithstanding 
  

   we 
  sold 
  to 
  one 
  customer 
  65 
  specimens, 
  aggregating 
  $125, 
  the 
  day 
  after 
  

   the 
  lot 
  was 
  unpacked, 
  we 
  still 
  have 
  a 
  grand 
  assortment 
  at 
  25c. 
  to 
  $7.50. 
  

  

  A 
  New 
  Type 
  *of 
  Bigrigg 
  Mine 
  Calcites, 
  long, 
  sharply 
  pointed, 
  bril- 
  

   liant 
  white 
  crystals, 
  A 
  splendid 
  lot. 
  Expected 
  in 
  by 
  July 
  1st. 
  

  

  Fluorite. 
  Over 
  1,000 
  selected 
  specimens, 
  of 
  every 
  imaginable 
  color, 
  

   large 
  and 
  small, 
  low-priced 
  and 
  high-priced. 
  The 
  lot 
  is 
  expected 
  in 
  

   during 
  July, 
  and 
  then 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  golden 
  opportunity 
  to 
  secure 
  this 
  

   ever-desirable 
  mineral. 
  

  

  Other 
  English 
  Minerals 
  secured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Atkinson 
  include 
  Specular 
  

   Iron 
  and 
  Quartz 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  and 
  beautiful 
  variety 
  ; 
  Specular 
  Iron 
  and 
  

   Dolomite, 
  very 
  attractive 
  ; 
  Aragonite 
  crystals 
  and 
  groups 
  : 
  Barites 
  in 
  

   great 
  variety 
  ; 
  Witherites, 
  singly 
  and 
  doubly 
  terminated 
  ; 
  Bromlite, 
  a 
  

   splendid 
  lot 
  ; 
  Tetrahedrite, 
  a 
  number 
  beautifully 
  iridescent 
  ; 
  Connell- 
  

   ite 
  ; 
  Brandtite 
  ; 
  Henwoodite 
  ; 
  Lettsomite; 
  Ludlamite 
  ; 
  Tallingite 
  ; 
  Bis- 
  

   muthinite 
  ; 
  Langite, 
  etc., 
  etc. 
  

  

  WHAT 
  MR. 
  NIVEN 
  HAS 
  SECURED 
  ALREADY. 
  

  

  From 
  Missouri 
  : 
  excellent 
  specimens 
  of 
  Ruby 
  Blende 
  ; 
  Marcasite, 
  

   new 
  forms 
  ; 
  Yellow 
  Calcite 
  ; 
  Galenite, 
  bright 
  crystals, 
  etc. 
  

  

  From 
  Colorado 
  : 
  Minium, 
  the 
  finest 
  specimens 
  we 
  have 
  ever 
  had 
  ; 
  

   Cerargyrite, 
  rich 
  masses 
  and 
  good 
  crystals 
  ; 
  Cerussite, 
  some 
  choice 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  From 
  Arizona 
  : 
  A 
  wonderful 
  strike 
  of 
  magnificent 
  cave 
  

   specimens 
  at 
  Bisbee, 
  consisting 
  of 
  " 
  stalactites 
  tinted 
  green 
  ; 
  stal- 
  

   actites 
  of 
  distorted, 
  curious 
  forms 
  ; 
  Flos-Ferri 
  ; 
  acicular 
  crystals 
  of 
  

   Aragonite, 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  English, 
  only 
  snow-white 
  ; 
  a 
  few 
  remarkable 
  

   turquois-color 
  stalactites 
  ; 
  rhombohedral 
  crystals 
  of 
  Calcites 
  on 
  the 
  

   stalactites." 
  We 
  secured 
  the 
  exclusive 
  right 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  in 
  

   this 
  new 
  cave 
  and 
  have 
  laid 
  in 
  nearly 
  a 
  ton 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  exquisite 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  imaginable, 
  Mr. 
  Niven 
  having 
  devoted 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  weeks' 
  

   time 
  to 
  securing 
  and 
  packing 
  the 
  specimens. 
  The 
  find 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  an 
  

   elaborate 
  description. 
  

  

  Azurite 
  crystals, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  finest 
  we 
  ever 
  had 
  (2-inch 
  crystals), 
  

   very 
  bright 
  and 
  perfect. 
  

  

  Velvet 
  Malachite, 
  a 
  fine 
  lot 
  ! 
  Cuprite 
  Crystals, 
  very 
  brilliant 
  group. 
  

  

  OTHER 
  RECENT 
  ADDITIONS. 
  

  

  Hiddenite 
  Crystals 
  — 
  the 
  best 
  we 
  have 
  ever 
  had 
  ; 
  Cacoxenite 
  from 
  Pa. 
  ; 
  

   Polycrase 
  from 
  S. 
  C. 
  ; 
  Aguilarite, 
  the 
  new 
  sulpho-selenide 
  of 
  silver; 
  

   Auerlite 
  ; 
  Siberian 
  Topaz, 
  extra 
  fine 
  crystals 
  ; 
  Durangite 
  crystals 
  ; 
  

   Kronnkite 
  ; 
  Phillipite 
  ; 
  Libethenite, 
  a 
  fine 
  lot 
  ; 
  Monticellite 
  from 
  Ar- 
  

   kansas 
  ; 
  Pollucite, 
  Beryllonite 
  and 
  Childrenite 
  from 
  Maine 
  ; 
  Roscoelite 
  ; 
  

   Sperrylite, 
  eic, 
  etc. 
  

  

  100 
  page 
  Illustrated 
  Catalogue, 
  15c. 
  ; 
  cloth 
  bound, 
  25c. 
  

  

  GEO. 
  L. 
  ENGLISH 
  & 
  CO., 
  Mineralogists, 
  

  

  733 
  & 
  735 
  Broadway, 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  