Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 
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REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF THE WILLIAM S. VAUX 
COLLECTIONS. 
During past year, the William S. Vaux Collections have been 
enriched by numerous accessions, the most important of which 
were the minerals collected by Mr. Samuel G. Gordon in Peru, 
Bolivia, and Chile, numbering about two-hundred-and-fifty speci- 
ens and including magnificent suites of brilliant, highly modified 
tetrahedrite, bournonite, enargite, wolframite, translucent cassi- 
terite, bismuth nodules, as well as many rare species, some of which 
are new to the collection. 
The following were gifts to the collection: Rutile, Rowlandsville, 
Philadelphia, Samuel G. Gordon; Quartz and beryl, Boothwyn, 
Pa., Thomas Harvey; epidesmine and natrolite, Perkiomenville, 
Pa., Frederick Hilbiber and John Tallis; gold pseudo, calaverite, 
Cripple Creek, Col., and sodalite, Ice River, British Columbia, 
George Vaux, Jr. 
Forty-five specimens were purchased of which the following are 
noteworthy: a twin crystal of quartz, 14 inches in diameter, from 
Japan; unusually large crystals of native lead from Sweden; rhodo- 
chrosite from Franklin, N. J., transparent yellow orthoclase crystal 
and cut gem from Madagascar; and two individuals of the Richard- 
ton, North Dakota, aerolite. 
Respectfully submitted 
F. J. Keeley, 
Curator. 
