pratt] COEUNDUM LOCALITIES. 91 
TURKEY. 
The Turkish emery is obtained from the province or vilayet of 
Aidin, in Asia Minor, which embraces nearly the entire basins of the 
rivers Sarabat and Mender. Smyrna is the principal town of the 
province, and is the center of trade for all the surrounding district 
and islands. The deposits that are now being worked are on the 
Gumusli Dagh Mountain and on the slopes of Ak Sivri, 1 which is a 
mountain about 125 miles to the south. The former of these deposits 
is about 12 miles east of the ruins of Ephesus, and just north of the 
river Mender; the latter is in what .1. Lawrence Smith 2 describes as 
the Kulali district, and it is much more inaccessible than the former 
one. Emery has also been found in small quantities near Adula, a 
town about 12 or 15 miles oast of Kulah, and also at Manser, about 24 
miles north, and a I Allahinan-Bourgs, about 20 miles south of Smyrna. 
The occurrence of the emery a1 all these localities is very similar, it 
being embedded in a bluish, coarse-grained to compacl marble or lime- 
stone, resting upon miea-slat es, schists, and gneisses. It always occurs 
in the limestone or marble; nol even a trace has as yet been found in 
the other rocks. Itdoesnot occur in a well-defined vein but in pockets 
scattered irregularly through the rock that are sometimes up to 200 
feet in length and 300 feet in width. The walls of these pockets are 
very irregular, as the limestone intrudes upon them, and then recedes 
very suddenly. 
GRECIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 
In a number of the islands of this archipelago, emery has been 
found in considerable quantity. The most important of these local- 
ities is the island of Naxos, where the emery is found in large blocks 
more or less mixed wit h 1 he red soil, and also embedded in white marble. 
The deposits are located principally on the north and east sides of the 
island, the best ore being obtained from Vothrie, which is i) miles from 
the coast. Another one of the better deposits on this island is at 
Apperonthos, which is 7 miles from the coast. In the southern part 
of the island the emery is found near Yasso. It occurs in such 
abundance on the island, in loose bowlders and in the soil, that there 
has been little need to mine it in the hard rock. 
On the island of Nicaria emery has been found in quality equal to 
that from Naxos, but the quantity is not so great. A little was also 
found on the island of Samos. In all these islands the emery occurs 
in a limestone. 
OTHER LOCALITIES. 
Corundum has been found sparingly at many other localities, but 
thus far it has not been found in quantity enough to make the occur- 
rences of economic importance as an abrasive. 
» Trans. Am. Inst, Min. Eng., Vol. XXVIII, 189S, p. 206. 
2 Am. Jour. Sci., 2d series, Vol. X, 1850, p. :557. 
