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

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

Un morceau de mine de fer sur le quel croit du cristal trouve a Reading Furnace, Chester County
Trans.: A specimen from an iron mine in which crystal is believed to have been found in Reading Furnace, Chester County

A piece of Christal tinged with purple in my yard

Un morceau de talc de Venise; talcum argenteum lucidum
Trans.: A piece of talc of Venice; shiny silver talcum

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

A piece of Mundick ore formed of a variety of cubes and Square pieces of Shining colour found near Quebec

A large piece of a column of Stalactites two feet and a half long, ten inches diameter, weight [blank] pounds

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

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

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

Chrystallized mica 6,A

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