1877.] 217 [Wadsworth. 



Notes on the Mineralogy and Petrography of Boston 

 and Vicinity. By M. Edward Wadsworth, Instructor 

 in Mathematics and Mineralogy in Harvard University. 



The first question, that a student of the mineralogy or geology of 

 Eastern Massachusetts usually asks, is what has been done by others; 

 and it has seemed best to preface this paper by giving a list of most 

 of the published articles relating to this district that can be consid- 

 ered to pertain in any degree to those sciences. The list will proba- 

 bly not be found complete, but such as it is, I hope it will save, 

 to some extent, the time of others who have occasion to study in this 

 field. The list is confined chiefly to the parts bordering on the sea 

 coast, and is somewhat variable in its extent. 



Memoirs of the American Academy. 



1st Series. 

 Vol. m, p. 127. Mineralogical Observations made in the environs of 



Boston in the years 1807 and 1808. S. Godon. 

 Vol. IV, p. 129. Outlines of the Mineralogy and Geology of Boston and 



Vicinity, with a geological map. By J. F. & S. L. 



Dana. 



Proceedings op the American Academy. 

 Vol. H, p. 270. Mansfield Coal Formation at Nahant. L. Agassiz. 



Vol. ii, p. 282. Origin of Contorted Strata in Sand. Edward Desor. 



Vol. hi, p. 315. Proofs of the Protozoic Age of some of the Altered 



Rocks of Eastern Massachusetts. W. B. Rogers. 

 Vol. iv, p. 353. Granite as a Building Material. Chief Justice Shaw. 



Vol. vi, p. 167. Minerals from Rockport. C. T. Jackson. 



Boston Journal op Philosophy and Arts. 

 Vol. i, p. 91. Rocking Stone at Roxbury. J. W. Webster. 



Vol. i, p. 95. Stoneham Marble. " " " 



Vol. I, p. 39U Green Feldspar from Beverly. " " " 



Vol. i, p. 599. Green Feldspar and Zircon from Beverly. J. W. Webster. 



Vol. ii, p. 104. New Locality of Apatite. J. W. Webster. 



Vol. ii, p. 277. Remarks on the Geology of Boston and Vicinity. J. W. 



Webster. 

 Vol. hi, p. 486. Remarks on the Geology of Boston and its Vicinity, 



continued. J. W. Webster. 

 Vol. in, p. 492. Andalusite of Westford. J. W. Webster. 



Vol. in, p. 588. A Sketch of the Mineralogy of Gay Head and of Bird 



Island, etc. H. A. S. Dearborn. 



American Journal of Science and Arts. 

 1st Series. 

 Vol. hi, p. 232. Salem Sienite, Jasper, Amygdaloid, etc. EHas Cornelius. 



