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Several fragments of Stones with impressions of Shells

Un Planorbis
Trans.: A planorbus

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

A Testaceous petrification in the Shape of a heart having Sharp edges all around except on the upperst thicker part

Entroques pentagonales où étoilées, la bleue est de Thionville
Trans.: Pentagonal star-shaped entrochites, the blue one is from Thionville [France]

A curious petrification of a Kind of Snail the body divided in three ridges & striated transversally & coil'd as it were on itself

Red Stone with impress of Shells

Petits champignons en forme de figure ouverte
Trans.: Small mushrooms in the shape of an open figure

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

walkill

Bones of a large animal excavated in Walkill, N.Y.

An apple of marble coloured very naturally with an Iron stem

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

Alcyon dit Lycoperdites
Trans.: Alcyon called Lycoperdites

madreporite

Madréporite étoilé. C. de Basle Trans.: Madreporite of a starfish, city of Basle