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

A Specimen of Spath from the Peake of Derbyshire (England) covered in most parts with Small cubes and globules of Shining mundick, the bare places chalky, the inside Spath

A Small piece of Clear purple Christal from near Marlboro' Iron Works, Virginia

Cristalisation du Hartz en Hanovie
Trans.: Crystalization from the Harz Mountains in Hanover [Germany]

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

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

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

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

Quartz with Schorl

Oval Shining Pyrites

Three fragments of haematites two of which of the orbicular sort of this province [Pennsylvania]

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

A fragment of a Stalactite from Canada

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