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Ordinary Meeting, April 15th, 1879. 
J. P. Joule, D.C.L., LL.D, F.RS., &c., President, in the 
Chair. 
“ Mineralogical Notes,” by Charles A. Burghardt, 
Ph.D., the Owens College. 
Precious Garnet (Almandine) from Ramsbottom , 
Lancashire . 
A few days ago I received a small specimen of rock from 
a former pupil of mine (Mr. J. F. C. Sieber) accompanied 
by a note, in which the writer gave particulars respecting 
the locality in which the rock was found, and asked me to 
examine certain red granules present in the rock in order 
to ascertain whether they were garnets or not. The rock 
itself is a conglomerate of milky quartz grains (varying 
considerably in size), cemented together with silica and 
calcium carbonate ; and disseminated throughout this con- 
glomerate are the garnet grains in question, the whole con- 
stituting a 14 feet “ fault” in the coal seam known as the 
Sand-rock or Featheredge Seam in the “ SKipperbottom 
Mine,” near Grant’s Tower at Bamsbottom, The coal from 
this mine is accompanied by a shale, which contains a very 
considerable amount of sulphate of aluminium, as it efflo- 
resces on being exposed to the action of the air ; becoming 
eventually perfectly white like a piece of chalk. A micro- 
scopical examination of the rock showed the garnets to 
Proceedings — Lit. & Phil. Soc. — Yol. XVIII,— No. 11. — Session 1878-9. 
