WARD’S NATURAL SCIENCE BULLETIN. 
MINERALOGY. 
Only a visit to our establishment will convince 
one of the wealth of material in this department. 
Not even in Europe, we believe, can its equal be 
found. 
A big hole in our back yard has been of great 
service in enabling us to keep our stock clean* 
This with a job lot now and then to dealers in 
cheap specimens, leaves us with only choice ma- 
terial for our own customers, to whom we never 
send poor material unless specially asked for. 
For the benefit of collectors looking out for good 
things — old and new — to add to their cabinets, 
we make the following notes in minerals recent- 
ly received : 
LEUCITE CRYSTALS from Roccamonfina. 
These crystals — perfect Trapezohedronsin form — 
from 2 to 5 centimeters in diameter. Price 
50 cents to $1.50. 
Larger, over 6 and 7 centimeters, $3.00. 
DODECAHEDRAL GARNETS coated with 
chlorite from Salides, Colorado, of unusual size, 
— one perfect crystal weighs 8 lbs., and is 6 inches 
in diameter. Price, $12.00 
The same, 5 inches in diameter $5.00 
“ 4 “ “ 3.00 
“ 3 “ “ 1.75 
“ 2 “ “ 1.00 
Smaller ones much less. 
OF AZURITE we have a fine suite in all its 
varied forms, many of them beautifully associ- 
ated with malachite both in its crystallized and 
globular form from Clifton Mine, Arizona ; 
Burra Burra, Australia ; Chessy, France, and 
other localities, from 50 cents to $25.00 
Fine drawer specimens, $2.00 to $5.00 
CRYSTALIZED AND BOTRYOIDAL MAL- 
ACHITES lately received from Clifton Mine, 
Ariz., $1.00 to $10.00. 
Also botryoidal and polished specimens from 
Australia and Russia, 50 cents to $10.00. 
Pseudomorphs after cuprite from Chessy, 
France, 25 cents to $1.25. 
MILLERITES from Antwerp, N. Y. This 
fine lot which recently came into our hands was 
taken out some years ago, and are the savings of 
many month’s work. This mineral occurs in 
tufts of bright capillary crystals in various geodes 
of quartz, — Hematite and Siderites. G-ood 
specimens, 75 cents to $2.00. 
Choice cabinet specimens $3.00 to $5.00. 
GUMMITE from Flat Rock Mine,N.C., unus- 
ually good specimens of this rare mineral from 
light yellow to deep orange in color; associated 
with uraninite and uranotil, $2.00 to $6.00. 
Smaller specimens, 25 cents to $1.50. 
OF CUPRITE we have the rich sparkling octa- 
hedral crystals on Limonite from Cochise Co., 
Arizona, as well as both the octahedral and 
elongated cubical forms in all its varieties from 
Liskeard, Cornwall, 50 cents to $4.00. 
Also the handsome variety chalcotrichite of a 
rich cochineal color occurring in minute 
accicular crystals from Cornwall, Eng., 
$1.25 to $2 00. 
And from Lake Superior penetrating calcite, 
in which the chalcotrichite is so abundant as to 
give the appearance of a bright cochineal red 
calcite ; but on examining the specimens the 
accicular crystals in moss like forms are plainly 
visible 50 cents to $1.25. 
BRUCITE crystallized and massive or foliated, 
the best lot we ever had from the old locality, 
Texas, Penna. 75 cents to $12.00. 
Also fine specimens of the fibrous variety 
NEMALITE from Hoboken, N. J, 25 cts. to $1.25. 
TOURMALINES good specimens of the variety 
Bubellite, from the Island of Elba, $1.50 to $6,00. 
One fine crystal 35 x 15 mllimeters, $15.00. 
As well as the rich transparent green crystals 
with ruby colored centres, from Brazil, S. A., 
$2.00 to $7.00. 
Two very choice ones, $18.00 to $25.00. 
Of the common opaque black crystals we have 
many grades from various localities, from which 
we can supply medium to fine specimens, 
25 cents to $2.00. 
MIMETITE from Cornwall, in fine hexag- 
onal crystals on a dark back ground, thus show- 
ing off the beautiful perfect barrel shaped crystals 
of mimetite to their best advantage, $1.25 to 4.75. 
FLUORITE. Of this mineral we still have a 
goodly number, both from Cumberland and Corn- 
wall, in various shades of blue, violet, green, 
yellow, etc., in which some of the crystals are as 
much as 4 inches in diameter, and some of the 
groups 17 inches across; drawer specimens, 
50 cents to $6.00. 
Large showy specimens, $8.00 to 20.00. 
CALCITES finely crystalized from many local- 
ities, especially Cumberland and Cornwall, Eng., 
HartzMts. , Germany, Galena Ills., Black Hills, 
Dakota ; drawer specimens, 50 cents to $3.00. 
Case specimens, $2.00 to 18.00. 
MARC A SITE from Marsden Mine, Galena, 
Ills.; good specimens, 40 cents to $3.00. 
Choice large case specimens, $3.50 to 10.00. 
MAGNETITED MUSCOVITE from North 
Carolina, in which the microscopic crystals of 
magnetite distributed in curious geometricfigures, 
between the plates of Mica, are many of them 
beautifully iridescent, 20 cents to 40 cents. 
Large specimens with brilliant colors, 
50 cents to $1.00. 
SATIN SPAR from England, China and 
Japan, 20 cents to $2.00. 
WULFENITE. “A Wulfenite crystal, in 
‘ massive form,’ Tacoma Mine, Nev. It’s seldom 
that as large a crystal is taken out less unbroken, 
considering the undivided condition of the parts 
or scales that are so strongly connected with other 
mineral or ledge matter ; but little of the molyb- 
date crystal has been broken off considering 
size, and being a bunch or one crystal by itself 
being found in the mine. I call it a crystal.” 
This specimen 2f x 3 we will sell for $4. 50. 
Masses covered with the solid substantial crys- 
tals 3x2, $8.00. 
Of the more delicate variety, 5x3, 8.00. 
24 x 14, 2.25. 
2x14, 1.50. 
Specimens on which the fine large crystals of 
Wulfenite are coated with calcite, 3 x 24, $2.25. 
2^x14, 1.50. 
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VANADINITE. Of this rare mineral we can 
offer specimens ranging in size from 2 to 8 cen- 
timeters, covered with minute bright reddish 
brown crystals from Yuma Co. Arizona, 
75 cents to $7.50. 
RUSSIAN MINERALS. 
In a recent shipment from Russia were many 
choice specimens among which we would men- 
tion : 
DIOPTASE specimens 5x7 centimeters, cover- 
ed with beautifully large, rich emerald green crys- 
tals of this silicate of copper, $20.00 to $25.00. 
Specimens 4x6 centimeters ... $10.00. 
“ 4x5 “ 7.00. 
ALEXANDRITE in crystals measuring 13 x 15 
millimeters, $ 1.75 
Measuring 15 x 15 centimeters 3 50 
“ 20 x 30 “ 10 00 
“ 45 x 50 “ 25 00 
And one unusually choice crystal 5x6 centi- 
meters, $50.00. 
ACQUAMARINE, $1.00 to 10.00. 
Garnet var. Grossularite in single crystals, 
50 cents to 1.00. 
lourmaline var. Bubellite, one remarkably 
choice specimen both in color and crystalliza- 
tion 30 x 20 millimeters $50.00. 
Small crystals of a deep rich ruby color, 
50 cents to $3.00. 
Pink Tourmaline 24 inches long, with a green 
termination, $6.00. 
Seybertite var. Waluewite finely crystallized, 
$3.50 and $6.00. 
Xylite , in fibrous masses, 2.00. 
Yesuvianite nicely crystallized, 2.50. 
Slices of Steinheilite, a transpai-ent deep blue 
variety of Iolite, 6 and 7 Centimeters across, 
$2.50 and $3.00. 
Leuchtenbergite in hexagonal plates or crystals, 
$4.00. 
Topaz , associated with smoky quartz 8 x 24 
inches, $10.00. 
Topaz, in groups of crystals on a Topaz Rock 
34 by 2, $3.50. 
Topaz in single crystals If x 1, 1.25. 
And one unusually choice crystal of a bluish 
color nicely modified, If x 2 xlf $125.00. 
Demantoid in rounded masses, $3.00 to 4,00. 
llmenite, good crystal, 
Crocoite, 
Zircons , 
Amazon Stone , massive, 
Malachite, polished, 
Xenolite, 
Plienacite ,, $1 
Worthite, 
Altaite, 
1.25. 
$5.00 to 12.00. 
$1.00 to 3.00. 
75 cents to 1.00. 
50 cents to 12.00. 
1.50 
.00, $12.00 and 25.00. 
1.75. 
25.00. 
SMITHSONITE in various shades, from light 
to deep green in color from Greece, 
30 cents to $1.75. 
FLOSS FERRI from Styria, good cabinet 
specimens, $3.00, $4.50 to $ 7.00. 
Large showy case specimens, $10.00 to 18.00. 
PYROMORPHITES in many shades of color 
from Cumberland, Eng., 50 cents to $3.00. 
“ HELL FIRE ROCK ” a phosphorescent 
limestone from Utah. Readers of the Bulletin 
will remember our description of this wonderful 
rock, three years ago when it was first discover- 
ed. Scratched with a hard substance ; in a dark 
place it looks like red hot iron. Specimens, 
35 cents to $1.00 
