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CABINET OF GEOLOGY.                                                      13

lesser diameter, and weighs 180 lbs. Tryo; also the "Great Siberian
Nugget," the original of which is in the Royal Museum, of the 
School of Mines at St. Petersburg, Russia. Another fac-simile represents 
the largest known Platinum nugget, the original of which, 
in Count Demidoff's collection, measures 6 inches by 3, and weighs
21 lbs. Troy.

THE CABINET OF GEOLOGY.

The Cabinet of Geology occupies nine rooms, filling the wall-cases
and horizontal tables. It is divided in the arrangement
into several sections, of which the more prominent are those of 
Lithological Geology, Phenomenal Geology, and Paleontology.

LITHOLOGICAL CABINET.

The two rooms to the left of the Hall of Mineralogy are devoted
to the Lithological collections. 
A first series of specimens, filling the central table-case, illustrates 
the subject of Rock Composition.

Here are represented several of the more frequently occurring
modes of the association of minerals in forming rock masses, viz: 
as simple mineral masses, binary, ternary, and other combinations.

Also, the numerous varieties of rock structure due to mode of 
origin or to subsequent change.

The Systematic Collection of Rocks is arranged in the wall-cases
surrounding the rooms. The classification, which begins at the left 
on entering, is, to a considerable extent, that of the late Professor
Cordier, of Paris- the one followed in the arrangement of the 
Rock Collections of the Garden of Plants, - but it is much modified
to accord with more recent investigations in the science in France 
and Germany. 
Mineral composition- the preponderating, or characterising, 
mineral element- forms the bases of this classification. The specimens
are classified in four main series. In the Earthy Series are
grouped the Feldspathic Rocks, Trachytic Rocks, Pyroxenic Rocks,

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                                        CABINET OF GEOLOGY.                                                      13

lesser diameter, and weighs 180 lbs. Tryo; also the "Great Siberian Nugget," the original of which is in the Royal Museum, of the School of Mines at St. Petersburg, Russia. Another fac-simile represents the largest known Platinum nugget, the original of which, in Count Demidoff's collection, measures 6 inches by 3, and weighs 21 lbs. Troy.

                           THE CABINET OF GEOLOGY.

The Cabinet of Geology occupies nine rooms, filling the wall-cases and horizontal tables. It is divided in the arrangement into several sections, of which the more prominent are those of Lithological Geology, Phenomenal Geology, and Paleontology.

                         LITHOLOGICAL CABINET.

The two rooms to the left of the Hall of Mineralogy are devoted to the Lithological collections. A first series of specimens, filling the central table-case, illustrates the subject of Rock Composition.

Here are represented several of the more frequently occurring modes of the association of minerals in forming rock masses, viz: as simple mineral masses, binary, ternary, and other combinations.

Also, the numerous varieties of rock structure due to mode of origin or to subsequent change.

The Systematic Collection of Rocks is arranged in the wall-cases surrounding the rooms. The classification, which begins at the left on entering, is, to a considerable extent, that of the late Professor Cordier, of Paris- the one followed in the arrangement of the Rock Collections of the Garden of Plants, - but it is much modified to accord with more recent investigations in the science in France and Germany. Mineral composition- the preponderating, or characterising, mineral element- forms the bases of this classification. The specimens are classified in four main series. In the Earthy Series are grouped the Feldspathic Rocks, Trachytic Rocks, Pyroxenic Rocks,