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  I3NT" 
  

  

  Is 
  a 
  name 
  which 
  possesses 
  a 
  significance 
  among 
  collectors, 
  the 
  world 
  

   over. 
  

  

  Three 
  recent 
  consignments 
  of 
  minerals 
  contained 
  specimens 
  which 
  

   promptly 
  found 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  best 
  collections. 
  They 
  were 
  " 
  par 
  excel- 
  

   lence" 
  in 
  every 
  sense 
  of 
  the 
  phrase— 
  beauty, 
  crystallization, 
  color, 
  

   lustre 
  and 
  neat 
  grouping. 
  We 
  are 
  assured 
  that 
  " 
  the 
  very 
  best" 
  came 
  

   to 
  us 
  and 
  judging 
  by 
  the 
  short 
  time 
  they 
  stayed, 
  what 
  are*left 
  will 
  go 
  

   quickly. 
  

  

  THREE 
  TYPES 
  OF 
  CALCITE. 
  

  

  1. 
  Bright 
  Scalenohedrons 
  terminated 
  by 
  a 
  blunt 
  six-sided 
  pyramid. 
  

   Their 
  exquisite 
  purple 
  and 
  amber 
  coloring 
  and 
  new 
  modifications 
  place 
  

   them 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Joplin 
  list. 
  

  

  2. 
  Sharp 
  and 
  clear 
  Scalenohedrons 
  of 
  simple 
  form 
  and 
  dark 
  amber 
  

   and 
  red 
  tints. 
  The 
  really 
  marvelous 
  lustre 
  (preserved 
  by 
  a 
  natural 
  

   coating 
  of 
  Asphaltum, 
  which 
  was 
  removed 
  with 
  much 
  labor) 
  is 
  un- 
  

   rivalled 
  by 
  anything 
  short 
  of 
  the 
  Cumberland 
  Calcites, 
  and 
  the 
  lovely 
  

   wine 
  color 
  adds 
  greatly 
  to 
  the 
  clear 
  quality. 
  

  

  3. 
  Amber 
  or 
  honey 
  yellow 
  crystals 
  of 
  an 
  "Iceland 
  spar" 
  degree 
  of 
  

   transparency 
  ; 
  less 
  brilliant 
  than 
  the 
  former 
  but 
  with 
  interesting 
  modi- 
  

   fications 
  and 
  etched 
  rhombohedral 
  termination. 
  

  

  Size 
  varies 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  6 
  in. 
  diam. 
  — 
  50c. 
  to 
  $4.00. 
  Price 
  does 
  not 
  indi- 
  

   cate 
  relative 
  value, 
  as 
  the 
  new 
  types 
  are 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  

   choicest 
  of 
  older 
  specimens 
  — 
  possibly 
  they 
  are 
  75 
  per 
  cent, 
  cheaper 
  

   than 
  formerly. 
  

  

  Ruby 
  Blende 
  scattered 
  over 
  Galena 
  and 
  in 
  association 
  with 
  Chalco- 
  

   pyrite 
  and 
  Pearl 
  Spar. 
  

  

  Elongated 
  Galena. 
  

  

  Chalcopyrite, 
  large 
  and 
  perfect 
  crystals 
  on 
  Blende 
  and 
  Pearl 
  Spar. 
  

   The 
  handsomest 
  combinations 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  ever 
  seen. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  of 
  many 
  other 
  recent 
  accessions 
  : 
  

  

  Crystallized 
  Calaverite 
  from 
  the 
  famous 
  Cripple 
  Creek 
  region. 
  

  

  Altaite, 
  Geikielite, 
  Bromyrite 
  crystals. 
  

  

  Descloizite 
  in 
  large 
  distinct 
  crystals 
  with 
  Psittacinite. 
  

  

  Microcline 
  resembling 
  Labradorite. 
  

  

  Sunstone 
  of 
  extraordinary 
  ly 
  fine 
  quality. 
  

  

  OXJlS^BEI^IL,^LlsriD. 
  

  

  An 
  importation 
  of 
  selected 
  specimens. 
  "Golden 
  Shadow" 
  is 
  the 
  

   name 
  given 
  to 
  a 
  new 
  and 
  pretty 
  type 
  of 
  Phantom 
  Barite. 
  Lustrous 
  

   Hematites 
  with 
  Smoky 
  Quartz, 
  making 
  as 
  handsome 
  and 
  cheap 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  found, 
  

  

  Delicate 
  blue 
  Barite 
  on 
  snow 
  white 
  Calcite. 
  

  

  Butterfly 
  twin 
  Calcites, 
  Clear 
  Groups, 
  Aragonites. 
  

  

  PRICES 
  LOWER 
  THAN 
  EVER. 
  

  

  GEMS 
  AND 
  PRECIOUS 
  STONES. 
  

  

  Choice 
  cut 
  stones 
  ready 
  for 
  setting, 
  including 
  Opals, 
  Garnets, 
  Topaz, 
  

   etc. 
  Petrified 
  Wood, 
  Agates 
  and 
  Crocidolite 
  cut 
  for 
  paperweights 
  and 
  

   ornaments. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  A. 
  E. 
  FOOTE, 
  

  

  Warren 
  M. 
  Foote, 
  Manager. 
  

  

  Removed 
  to 
  1317 
  ARCH 
  STREET, 
  

  

  (Two 
  minutes 
  walk 
  from 
  City 
  Hall, 
  three 
  minutes 
  from 
  Penna. 
  R. 
  R.) 
  

  

  PHILADELPHIA, 
  PA., 
  V. 
  S. 
  A. 
  

  

  Established 
  1876. 
  

  

  