University of Virginia Library

GIFTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY AND
GEOLOGY.

H. M. Dawson Esq., of Alabama — Remains of Zeuglodon cetoides,
and other fossils, from the tertiary rocks of Alabama.


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Dr. J. S. Davis — Collection of copper ores from the Burra-burra
mines, Ducktown, Tennessee.

Julian Pratt, Esq. — Yellow ochre and calcareous tufa from
Augusta county.

Peyton Skipwith, Esq. — Chalcopyrite from Ducktown, Tenn.

Lieutenant Calender Noland, U. S. N. — Dodecahedral pyrites, and
specular oxide of iron from Elba.

— Davis, Esq. — Galena in very large cubic crystals, from
Illinois.

Rev. Thos. W. Gilmer — Hematite from Iron Mountain and Pilot
Knob, Mo.

Hon. Jos. C. Cabell — Collection of Italian marbles, and other
minerals.

Dr. J. W. Mallet — A collection of Zeuglodon and molluscan remains
from the tertiary beds of Alabama.