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14                                                 CABINET OF GEOLOGY.

Amphibolic Rocks, Hypersthenic Rocks, Talcose Rocks, Micaceous 
Rocks, Quartzose Rocks, and Argillaceous Rocks. The Haloid 
Series contains the Limestone Rocks and the Gypseous Rocks. 
Under the Ores occur the Iron Ores, Copper Ores and Lead Ores. 
Finally the Combustible Series contains the Carbonaceous Rocks, 
and Bituminous Rocks. Each of these families contains several 
scores of hundreds of specimens from all parts of the world. Each
specimen is mounted on a separate block, having a printed label, 
supported by a brass holder.

The specimens are chosen with care, and are over 3,000 in 
number. Among them the following are particularly noticeable: 
Blocks of Granite and Syenite from Egypt and Mt. Sinai; Micaceous 
Granite (nodular) from Vermont; Porphyry, from Greece; 
Obsidian (large polished mass), from Iceland; Pumice, from the 
Peak of Teneriffe; Lavas, from Vesuvius, Etna, &c.; Napoleonite
(Orbicular Diorite), from Corsica; Greenstone, from Nubia; Serpentines, 
from Cornwall; Itacolumite (Flexible Quartz), from Villa
Rica, Brazil; Quartz Breccia (polished), from St. Albans, England; 
Variegated Quartz Sands, from Isle of Wight; Quartz (sand)
Concretions, from Forest of Fontainebleau; Slates, from quarries
in Wales; Kaolin, from Bavaria; Marbles, from Italy, Spain, 
Germany, England, Vermont, Tennessee, California, &c.; Oolites, 
from England; "Oriental Alabaster," from Egypt and Algiers; 
Alabaster and Gypsum, from Italy, England and Michigan; Iron 
and Copper Ores from Lake Superior and Cornwall; Anthracite
(beautifully irised specimens), from Pennsylvania; Wood Coal and 
Lignite, from Austria; Paper Coal, from the Rhine Valley; Dusodyle,
from Auvergne; Peat, from Ireland and Bavaria.

CABINET OF PHENOMENAL GEOLOGY.

The collections in this division occupy the two rooms to the right 
of the Mineral Cabinet. They illustrate many interesting points
in Dynamical and Physical Geology, and display many of the phenomena  
of rock formation, and other wonders registered in the 
crust of the earth. Here are huge Pillars of Basalt, from the 
"Giant's Causeway," and from the Valley of the Rhine; "Volcanic 
Bombs," from the extinct volcanoes of Central France; Veins of 
segregation, injection and infiltration - passing through larger 
rock masses; - Contortions and Foldings of Strata; Sedimentary

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14 CABINET OF GEOLOGY.

Amphibolic Rocks, Hypersthenic Rocks, Talcose Rocks, Micaceous Rocks, Quartzose Rocks, and Argillaceous Rocks. The Haloid Series contains the Limestone Rocks and the Gypseous Rocks. Under the Ores occur the Iron Ores, Copper Ores and Lead Ores. Finally the Combustible Series contains the Carbonaceous Rocks, and Bituminous Rocks. Each of these families contains several scores of hundreds of specimens from all parts of the world. Each specimen is mounted on a separate block, having a printed label, supported by a brass holder.

The specimens are chosen with care, and are over 3,000 in number. Among them the following are particularly noticeable: Blocks of Granite and Syenite from Egypt and Mt. Sinai; Micaceous Granite (nodular) from Vermont; Porphyry, from Greece; Obsidian (large polished mass), from Iceland; Pumice, from the Peak of Teneriffe; Lavas, from Vesuvius, Etna, &c.; Napoleonite (Orbicular Diorite), from Corsica; Greenstone, from Nubia; Serpentines, from Cornwall; Itacolumite (Flexible Quartz), from Villa Rica, Brazil; Quartz Breccia (polished), from St. Albans, England; Variegated Quartz Sands, from Isle of Wight; Quartz (sand) Concretions, from Forest of Fontainebleau; Slates, from quarries in Wales; Kaolin, from Bavaria; Marbles, from Italy, Spain, Germany, England, Vermont, Tennessee, California, &c.; Oolites, from England; "Oriental Alabaster," from Egypt and Algiers; Alabaster and Gypsum, from Italy, England and Michigan; Iron and Copper Ores from Lake Superior and Cornwall; Anthracite (beautifully irised specimens), from Pennsylvania; Wood Coal and Lignite, from Austria; Paper Coal, from the Rhine Valley; Dusodyle, from Auvergne; Peat, from Ireland and Bavaria.

                  CABINET OF PHENOMENAL GEOLOGY.

The collections in this division occupy the two rooms to the right of the Mineral Cabinet. They illustrate many interesting points in Dynamical and Physical Geology, and display many of the phenomena of rock formation, and other wonders registered in the crust of the earth. Here are huge Pillars of Basalt, from the "Giant's Causeway," and from the Valley of the Rhine; "Volcanic Bombs," from the extinct volcanoes of Central France; Veins of segregation, injection and infiltration - passing through larger rock masses; - Contortions and Foldings of Strata; Sedimentary