44 } IRON ORES, BROWN. 
318. Brown Iron Ore, mas¬ 
sive. 
F?'om a N. and S. lode, Nantallan 
Down, Bodmin, Cornwall. 
Shelf II. 
319 & 320. Brown Iron Ore, 
massive ; derived from decompo¬ 
sition of Siderite (Spathose iron). 
Ladock Iron lode, Cornwall. 
321. Brown Iron Ore. 
Sheviock, St. Germans, Cornwall. 
Presented by S. H. Blackwell, 1851. 
322 & 323. Brown Iron Ore, 
compact. 
Brixham, S. W. of Torbay, Devon. 
Is found in irregular masses in Lime¬ 
stone ; contains about 55 per cent, of 
metal. 
o24 & 325. Brown Iron Ore, 
earthy, impure. 
From an E. and W. lode in por- 
phyritic rock, Hennock, near 
Chudleigh, Devon. 
326. Brown Iron Ore, earthy, 
occurring in irregular masses in 
Limestone, (contains about 60 per 
cent.) 
Bishopsteignton, Devon. 
327. Brown Iron Ore, form¬ 
ing the cement of a iiinty, or semi- 
opaline breccia. 
Orleigh Court, Bideford, Devon. 
328. Brown Iron Ore, mas¬ 
sive. 
Lostwithiel, Cornwall. 
Presented by J. Price. 
Shelf III. 
On this shelf are shown samples 
of the varieties of this ore of iron, 
found in the Restormel Royal Iron 
Mine, Lostwithiel, the property of 
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, as 
Duke of Cornwall. 
The remarkable vein worked 
here by Messrs. J. and R. Taylor, 
the lessees, is noted for the fre¬ 
quent occurrence of the finest 
crystallized Oothite hitherto seen 
in the world. 
329 & 330. Brown Iron 
Ore, botryoidal, mammillated, and 
fibrous. 
331. Gothite, mammillated, 
with fibrous radiating structure. 
332. Gothite, acicularly crys¬ 
tallized, columnar divergent. 
333. Gothite, and Red iron ore, 
in alternating mammillary layers. 
From the deep level, Bestormel 
Iron lode. 
Presented by W. W. Smyth, P.R.S. 
334. Gothite, well crystallized, 
and partly incrusted with ferrugi¬ 
nous Quartz. 
335. Gothite, very large crys¬ 
tals, partly incrusted with Quartz. 
336. Gothite, mammillated, 
with microcrystalline surface, and 
a fibrous structure. 
337 & 337a. Variety Wood 
Iron Ore, botryoidal, with fibrous 
structure. 
338. Successsion of 
1. Crystalline Gothite, 
2. Fibrous Brown Iron 
Ore, 
3. Quartz, 
Upon soft Red Iron Ore. 
339. Brown Iron Ore, yellow¬ 
ish, massive, intermingled with 
much Quartz. 
Shelf IV. 
340 to 342. Brown Iron Ore, 
massive, compact. 
Wrington Hill, Somersetshire. 
Presented with the five following speci¬ 
mens (from the same locality) by Mrs. 
Aveline. 
343. Brown Iron Ore, inter¬ 
mingled with red ferruginous 
Quartz. 
344. Brown Iron Ore, with 
Red Ilfematite. 
From a lode traversing Limestone, 
Oatlands, Wrington. 
345. Brown Iron Ore, caver¬ 
nous, coated with Red Ochre. 
346. Brown Iron Ore, stalac- 
titic, with Quartz crystals. 
