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A fragment of dark grey marble in two, on which are fine impressions of bivalve Shells, striated and of a whitish colour

Coquillages fossiles de Chaumont et Courtagnon en Champagne
Trans.: Fossil shellfish of Chaumont and Courtagnon in Champagne [France]

Small petrification: Petiolus caryophillites 26.H. of my catalogue of fossils but not so large [catalogue unlocated]

Petrified Sea worms, found in a rock stone, near the head of Timber creek New-Jersey. described in my memorandums

A curious petrification representing a kind of Naked Snail divided lengthwise in three ridges & channelled transversally, in a flint

Strombite du Palatinat
Trans.: Strombite from the Palatinate

Echinites cordatus, Bel oursin de Neufchatel, rare
Trans.: Echinites coradatus, beautiful sea urchin of Neufchatel, rare

Un Strombite blanc de l'Ev[êché] de BasleTrans.: A white strombolite from the bishopric of Basle

A fragment of petrification resembling a piece of horn

Huitre fossile, ou ostracite trés rare aussi bien conservée
Trans.: A fossil oyster, or a very rare well-preserved ostracite

Un Planorbis
Trans.: A planorbus

Two flat pieces of rock stone with impressions of [entrochi?] and other marine bodies petrified

Small Shark's teeth petryfied

Detail of Deux Caryphylloides

Deux Caryphylloides, de la Montagne de Randen près de Schaffouse, meme embarras que pirer les précedentes. Trans.: Two caryophylloides from the Randen Mountains near Schaffhaussen [Switzerland], but worse than the preceding

Pectinite de Provence
Trans.: Pectinite of Provence