﻿No. 
  122.] 
  41 
  

  

  So 
  uniform 
  is 
  this 
  association 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  become 
  accustomed 
  to 
  

   iregard 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  reliable 
  indication 
  of 
  ore. 
  

  

  This 
  mineral 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  annual 
  and 
  final 
  reports 
  of 
  

   the 
  geological 
  survey 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  places 
  : 
  — 
  

   Fourth 
  annual 
  report, 
  p. 
  74, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  called 
  serpentine. 
  " 
  It 
  

   oc-curs 
  near 
  the 
  natural 
  bridge 
  in 
  Lewis 
  county, 
  and 
  is 
  suscepti- 
  

   ble 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  polish.^' 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  locality 
  hitherto 
  noticed 
  

   In 
  which 
  this 
  mineral 
  is 
  of 
  sufficient 
  solidity 
  in 
  mass, 
  to 
  be 
  

   wrought 
  into 
  articles 
  of 
  utility. 
  

  

  Final 
  Report 
  of 
  2d 
  district, 
  p. 
  68, 
  mentioned 
  as 
  serpentine, 
  

   accompanying 
  iron 
  ore. 
  

  

  1)0. 
  pp. 
  71, 
  94, 
  95, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  noticed 
  as 
  an 
  associate 
  of 
  

   iron 
  ore. 
  

  

  Do. 
  p. 
  96, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  serpentine 
  breccia. 
  

   Do. 
  p. 
  376,. 
  mentioned 
  as 
  serpentine 
  associated 
  with 
  iron 
  

   ore 
  at 
  the 
  Shurtliff 
  ore 
  bed 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Philadel- 
  

   phia, 
  Jefferson 
  county. 
  ^ 
  

   Do. 
  p. 
  377, 
  also 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  an 
  associate 
  of 
  ore 
  at 
  the 
  

   Sterling 
  iron 
  mine, 
  Antwerp, 
  Jefferson 
  county, 
  

  

  Mineralogical 
  report, 
  p. 
  274, 
  I^ewis 
  county, 
  mention- 
  

   ed 
  as 
  serpentine. 
  

  

  Third 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  Regents 
  on 
  State 
  Cabinet, 
  p. 
  

   31, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  named 
  "Brecciated 
  black 
  Serpentine. 
  '' 
  

  

  HouGHiTE, 
  3 
  specimens. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  species, 
  described 
  by 
  

   Prof. 
  C. 
  U. 
  Shepard, 
  in 
  the 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Association, 
  New-Haven, 
  1850, 
  page 
  314. 
  It 
  occurs 
  

   in 
  Gouverneur, 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  co., 
  near 
  the 
  southwestern 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Somer- 
  

   ville 
  village. 
  Its 
  associates 
  are- 
  serpentine 
  in 
  large 
  

   crystals 
  imperfectly 
  developed, 
  — 
  phlogopite 
  of 
  a 
  reddish 
  

   yellow 
  cast, 
  and 
  spinelle 
  often 
  in 
  small 
  brilliant 
  crystals 
  

   of 
  a 
  reddish 
  color, 
  or 
  more 
  rarely 
  an 
  inch 
  on 
  a 
  side. 
  

   Dolomite, 
  chondrodite, 
  and 
  blue 
  amorphous 
  spinelle 
  oc- 
  

   eur 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  