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NON-METALLIC MINERALS. 
119. Asphalt, in stalactites. ' 
Blue John Aline, Castleton, Der- i 
hy shire. \ 
120. Asphalt. ! 
Occurring in the Cambrian Schists j 
of Haughmond Hill, near 1 
Shrewsbury, Salop. 
121. Bituminous Limestone, 
known as “ Seyssel Rock Asphalt.” | 
Seyssel, Dept, of the Ain, France. 
Presented by H. Bauerman, F.G.S. 
122. Elatephte. Elastic Bitn- 
/ 
men, or Mineral Caontclionc. 
Casileton, Derbyshire. 
123. Retinite, or Retinasphal- 
tiim. 
Occurring with the Lignite of 
Bovey Tracey, Devonshire. 
124. Resinous Substance. 
Occurring in the Lignite (No. 82) 
of Tasmania. 
Presented by Sir W. Denison. 
125. Resin, showing its mode 
of occuiTence in the coal at 
Lahiian. 
126. Resin. 
Fi'om the coal, Lahuaji. 
Nos. 125 and 126 presented by Jas, 
Motley, 
127. Vegetable Gum. 
From the upper Greensand, Blach 
Gang Chine, I. of Wight. 
Collected and presented by Sir H. T. 
De la Beche, September 1852. 
128. Copaline, or Highgate 
Resin. 
Highgate. 
129. Mellite, or Honey Stone 
(^Hj/drous 3Iellate of Alumina). 
Artern, Thuringia. 
130. Amber, or Succinite. 
From the Prussian shores of the 
Baltic Sea. 
131. Amber, of pale colour. 
] 32, Amber, in lignite. ^ 
Sandy Point, Magellan Strait. 
133. String of Amber Beads, 
i of Chuiese manufacture. 
i 
133a. Gum Anime, often mis¬ 
taken for Amber. The name is 
derived from the fact of the gum 
generally enclosing insects, as seen 
in this specimen. 
Bengal. 
Case C. 
Sulphur. 
As will be observed from some of the specimens,—sulphur is fre¬ 
quently found in a state of great purity, although not in sufficient 
quantity to admit of its being commercially employed without pre¬ 
paration. It is an element vdiich having been naturally combined with 
certain metals is also obtainable fr 
sulphide of iron, commonly known aj 
of hundreds of thousands of tons for 
134 to 143. Varieties of Native I 
Sulphur. ! 
From Czar cow, near Cracoiv, Po- j 
land. ! 
144. Native Sulphur, mas- | 
sive. 
Presented by S. Highley, jun. 
145. Native Sulphur, mingled 
with clay, &c. | 
Badoboj, Croatki. i 
om such compounds, and thus the 
= Py rites, is employed to the amount 
making sulphuric acid. 
146. Native Sulphur, on de¬ 
composed trachyte. 
Solfatara, nea.r Naples. 
147. Native Sulphur, earthv. 
Solfatara, near Naples. 
148. Native Sulphur, on gyp¬ 
sum. 
La Cattolica, near Girgenti, 
Sicily. 
