MINERALS 
As part of the Bement collection the Museum received a series of 
meteorites, containing representatives of nearly 500 falls and finds. 
Another important collection in the Department of Mineralogy Copper 
is the series of specimens of malachite and azurite, which was pre- ^oUdTted""" 
sented by the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company and added fining Com- 
to by Messrs. William E. Dodge, D. Willis James, and Professor James collections. 
Douglas. 
The acquisition of the Spang collection of minerals added a large Spang 
number of new species, and also made a general improvement in many S!ooo!°"' 
groups. It was purchased in 1891 for about $9,000. 
In 1904 an endowment of $10,000 for the Department of Mineralogy 
was received from Miss Matilda W. Bruce. The income from this fund 
has made possible the purchase of many desirable minerals. 
CHIEF BENEFACTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
MINERALOGY 
GIFTS TO THE VALUE OF $500 OR MORE 
Hugh Auchincloss, 
George S. Bowdoin, 
Matilda W. Bruce, 
Brazilian Commission of Centen- 
nial Exposition, 
Copper Queen Consolidated Min- 
ing Company, 
James M. Constable, 
William E. Dodge, 
James Douglas, 
Edward L. Dufourcq, 
A. E. Foote, 
D. 
James B. Haggin, 
D. Willis James, 
Morris K. Jesup, 
Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, 
M. S. Mepham, 
J. Pierpont Morgan, 
New York Mineralogical Club, 
Minas Pedrazzini Company, Arizpe, 
Sonora, Mex., 
Ernest Schernikow, 
Robert L. Stuart, 
Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, 
Jackson Steward. 
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