Catalogue of the Specimens Arranged by Prof. E. Emmons, 

 as Representatives of the laconic System, in the State 

 Cabinet of Natural History, at the Close of the 

 Geological Survey of New York in 1843. 



[Originally published in the First Report upon the State Cabinet of Natural History 

 by the Regents of the University in 1848.] 



TACONIC SYSTEM* 

 Table Case. 



1. Mica slate (containing garnets). Southwest corner of Dover, 



Dutchess. 



2. Mica slate (alum rocks). Three miles south of Ameniaville, 



Dutchess. 



3. Micaceous slate. Taghkanic Falls, one-fourth mile from New 



York line, Mass. 



4. Granular quartz. Hall's Point, two and one-half miles west of 



Peekskill, Westchester. 

 6. Compact quartz rock. One mile east of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess. 



6. Granular quartz. One mile southeast of Klyne's Corners, 



Amenia, Dutchess. 



7. Quartz rock. Southwest side of Stissing mountain, Stanford, 



Dutchess. 



8. Quartz (with galena). Lead mine, Amenia, Dutchess. 



9. Copper ore (in quartz). Northeast corner of Washington, 



Dutchess. 



10. Gneiss. Loose below Harrisville ; to be found in place at Garvis, 



five miles below. 



11. Limestone. Stormville, Dutchess. 



12. Sparry limestone. 



13. Talcy limestone. 



14^15. Talcy limestone. Stormville, Dutchess. 



16. Talco-slaty limestone. Stormville, Dutchess. 



17. Granular limestone. Near iron ore bed, Amenia, Dutohess. 



* In this series the talcose and other slates follow the limestones, this being their 

 ascertained order of superposition. 



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