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Asbestus 3,B, 4,B, 5,B, 6,B

Hematites from Conegogig Cumberland [present-day Franklin] county [Pa.]

Two Small pieces about a foot long and three or four inches diameter

A fragment of a Stalactite from Canada

A Specimen of Spath from the Peake of Derbyshire (England), the greatest part of which is tinged with purple

5 differents sortes de mines de cette prov. [Pennsylvania] & du celle du Jersey
Trans.: Five different specimens from mines from this province [Pennsylvania] and Jersey

Quartz with Schorl

Une grosse piramid de Christal trouvée a Chester County
Trans.: A large crystal piramid found in Chester County

Un peu d'asbest ou lin incombustible des anciens Trans.: A bit of asbestos or noncombustible flax of old

Talk [talc], Chrystal

Asbestos des Montagnes de Suisse
Trans.: Asbestos from the mountains of Switzerland

Several pieces of Talk [talc] 5 inches long 3 1/2 broad found in a quarry of that fossil in a mountain seventy miles from Portsmouth in New Hampshire

Fragment of Stalactites from a cave near Miller's Town on Susquehannah, Calcined

A piece of Christal 6 1/2 inches long and near two broad hexangular & terminated at both ends by an unfinished piramid of a reddish colour but flawy

A Specimen of Spath from the Peake of Derbyshire (England) forming a Kind of piramid of cubes