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to a base level. He referred their jjarallel strike and dij) to the fjeneral 
warjjing of the surface in this rejfion. Remarking' the undoubted pres- 
ence of faults in the later development of the toi)oj^rai)hy he emphasized 
the evident.-e of this early ei-osion lony; befoi-e the timi' of the fossilifer- 
ous sediments. He added that the old river valleys had in part been 
determined by the j)resence of crystalline limestones. The paper was 
discussed by Messrs. Dodge and Hove}'. 
The last paper of the evening was b}' L. M. Liiquer and H. 
Ries and described an area of Augen-gneiss near Bedford, N. 
Y. It was read by Mr. Luquer and will api)ear in full in the 
Transactions. 
The gneiss appears to have been originally a granitic rock that has 
been extensively crushed and sheared out into the Augen structure. 
The original quartz has been mostly comminuted, but the Carlsbad 
twins of ortlioclase, have remained as augen. 
The paper was discussed by Dr. E. O. Hovey, who cited the case of 
the sheared Eisenach quartz-yjorphyry in which the feldspars have been 
crushed, but the quartzes have been drawn out. 
Mr. G. F. Kunz mentioned the following items as the meet- 
ing closed : 
The Ottawa, Kansas, Meteoric Stone. A meteoric stone 
weighing 31 ounces was seen to fall l)y Mr. J. F. Black. April 
9, 1896, at 6:15 p. m., on his farm 9 miles east and one mile 
north of Ottawa, Kansas. This meteorite contains iron par- 
ticles throughout and is of the characteristic stony variety. 
A remarkable nugget of native silver weighing 448 
ounces troy, was found five miles from Globe City, Pinal 
county, Arizona. The mass is a water-worn nugget, slightly 
oval, very compact, and on its surface is bright silver-white, 
showing that it is made up of strings of crystallized silver, 
whereas the interior of the entire mass contains more or less 
cerargyrite. It has been presented to the Lea Collection of 
American Minerals of the United States National Museum. 
New Zealand promises, mineralogieally, to be a country of 
surprises, and many interesting things are being brought to 
light by the agate hunters from Oberstein, Germany, who are 
visiting it. Recently they have discovered some immense 
masses of rolled, rutilated quartz, weighing from 10 to 30 
pounds each. The masses are penetrated by crj^stals of rutile, 
red, brown and yellow, many inches in length and of the fine- 
ness of hair. Occasionally the rutiles occur very sparingly; 
then again they are in such profusion as to give the entire 
mass the appearance of being a matted mass of hair. One 
mass of 30 pounds was entirely of this character. A fifteen 
pound mass contained a dozen or more crystals of rutile nine 
inches in length and from one-half to two mm, in diameter. 
Magnificent crystals of amethyst have also been found, one 
of which is entirely of gem-cutting material and weighing 550 
])ennyweights, or 27| ounces troy. Topaz, blue and white, is 
found in the same localities. J. F. Kemp, Secretary. 
