lEON ORES, SPATHOSE. 
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Wall-case 50. 
vSpathose or Sparry Iron Ore, 
Chalybite, Siderite, or Brown 
(^Carbonate of iroii)^ termed 
by some of our metallic miners 
“ White Iron,” contains protoxide 
of iron, 62*07 ; carbonic acid, 
37*93, but generally has a propor¬ 
tion of the oxide of iron replaced 
by manganese, lime, or magnesia. 
Shelf I. 
405. Spathose Iron Ore, mas¬ 
sive, crystalline. 
Trewalder Mine, Camelford, Corn¬ 
wall. 
Presented by Sir P. C. Knowles, Bart. 
406 & 407. Spathose Iron, 
massive, crystalline, associated with 
Galena. 
From the lead lode, Huel Betsy, 
Tavistock, Devonshire. 
408 & 409^ Spathose Iron, 
massive, largely crystalline. 
Huel Eliza, Exmoor, Somerset¬ 
shire. 
410 & 411. Spathose Iron, 
massive, crystalline. 
Gupworthy, near Brendon Hill, 
Somerset. 
412. Spathose Iron, with 
Quartz. 
From a vein in Devonian Slate, 
Gupworthy, Somersetshire. 
Shelf II. 
413. Spathose Iron, crystal¬ 
line. 
From Felspathic rocks, near Forth 
Dinorwig, Caernarvonshire, North 
Wales. 
414. Spathose Iron, crystal¬ 
lized and massive. 
Stanhope, Weardale, Durham. 
415. Spathose Iron, crystal¬ 
lized and massive. 
From a lead lode, Helston, Corn¬ 
wall. 
416. Spathose Iron, massive. 
From the flats'’ in the Great 
Limestone, Allenheads, Northum¬ 
berland. 
Presented by W. W, Smyth, P.R.S. 
417 & 418. Spathose Iron, 
massive, crystalline. 
“ Bider" of lead veins, Middlehope 
Mine, Weardale, Durham. 
Presented by W. W. Smyth, P.R.S. 
418a. Spathose Iron Ore. 
Weardale, Durham. 
Presented by Joshua Bates. 
419. Spathose Iron. 
From the great lode in Glenda- 
lough, appearing on theSouth side 
of the Waterfall, Co. Wicklow, 
Ireland. 
420. Carbonates of Iron, Mag¬ 
nesia, and Lime. 
Bantry Bay, Ireland. 
Shelf III. 
421. Spathose Iron, crystal¬ 
lized. 
Lostwithiel, Cornwall. 
422. Spathose Iron, in nail- 
shaped crystals. 
Fowey Consols, St. Blazey, Corn¬ 
wall. 
423. Spathose Iron, crystal¬ 
lized in very obtuse rhombohe- 
drons, upon Quartz. 
Pengilly Mine, Cornivall. 
Presented by P. K. Johnson, F.R.S. 
424. Spathose Iron, fibrous. 
Cornwall. 
425 & 426. Spathose Iron, 
crystallized on Copper Pyrites and 
Quartz. 
Virtuo^is Lady Aline, neHh- Tavi¬ 
stock, Devon. 
427. Spathose Iron, partly 
coated with iridescent Copper Py¬ 
rites, upon white Quartz. 
Near Tavistock. 
428. Spathose Iron, crystal¬ 
lized in spherical groups, on the 
sides of fissures of contraction, in 
a Clay ball-iron stone. 
Dudley, Worcestershire. 
Shelf IV. 
Black-band Ironstone, {hn- 
pure carbonate of iron), with 
