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Lapis Calaminaris B, C

5 fragments of Iron ore, very heavy & Shining like filings of Steel mixed with a purplish red Stone with Some appearance of Quartz

A piece of rich lead ore from Bedford County in this State at the foot of Bald Eagle mountain 250 miles from Philada belonging to Gen. Roberdeau

A Small piece of Mundic in a well Chester township 7 miles from ferry

A Small piece of marmor rubrum, Rosso antico

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

An Iron Stone, about 9 inches long and near three broad, in the middle of a singular form

Talk [talc], Chrystal

Oolithes, bien des Autheurs prétendent que ce sont des oeufs de poissons pétrifiésTrans.: Ooliths, many authors claim they are petrified fish eggs

Two pieces of Curious Iron Ore resembling pieces of roots of trees, polish on one side, So as to show very distinctly the concentrical veins of the wood

A Small fragment of lead ore form'd of Small Shining lamina like needles of this province [Pennsylvania]

Iron-Ores, 61,j, 61,k, 61,1, 61,n, 61,p

A Small fragment of Shining pyrites (mundick) No. [blank] of my collection of Fossils

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