The following is a list of the principal books which have been referred 

 to in compiling this work. 



System of Mineralogy, by Robert Jameson, 3 vols., 1805. 



Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland, by R. P. Greg and W, G. 



Lettsom, 1858. 

 Sj'stem of Mineralogy, by James D. Dana, 4th edition, 2 vols., 1854. 

 W. Phillips's Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy, by R. Allan, 4th edition, 1837. 

 Hand-book of Chemistry, by Leopold Gmelin, translated by Henr}'' Watts for the 



Cavendish Society. 

 Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy for the use of Beginners, by D. Varley, 1849. 

 "W, Phillips's Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy, by H. J. Brooke and W. H. 



Miller, 1852. 

 Manual of Mineralogy, by James Nicol, 1849. 

 Traite de Mineralogie, par A. Dufrenoy, 5 vols. Paris, 1856-9. 

 Mineralogy and Crystallography, by J. Tennant and W. Mitchell, 1856. 

 Descriptive Guide to the Museum of Practical Geology, by Robert Hunt, F.R.S. ; 2nd 



edition, 1859. 

 Descriptive Catalogue of the Rock Specimens in the Museum of Practical Geology, by 



A. C. Ramsay, H. W. Bristow, H. Bauerman, and A. Geikie ; 2nd edition, 1859. 

 Elements of Mineralogy, by Richard Kirwan ; 2nd edition, 2 vols., 1794. 

 A Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls, by David Jeffries, 1751. 

 Traite elementaire de Mineralogie, par F. S. Beudant; 2nd edition, 2 vols., 1852. 

 Traite complet des Pierres precieuses, par Charles Barbot. Paris, 1858. 

 Pliny translated into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Phisicke, 1601. 

 Theophrastus's History of Stones, with an English version by Sir John Hill, 2nd 



edition, 1774. 

 The American Journal of Science and Arts. New Haven, U.S. 

 Annales des Mines. Paris. 

 Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. 

 Philosophical Magazine, or Annals of Chemistry. 

 Annales de Chimie et de Physique. Paris. 

 Outlines of Mineralogy, by Dr. Th. Thomson, 2 vols., 1836. 

 Reports on the Geology of Canada, by Sir William Logan. Montreal. 

 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 



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