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CABINET OF GEOLOGY.                                                 15

rocks, altered by proximity to igeous dykes, or by contact with 
lava current; Jointed structure in Slates and Limestones; "Lignilites,"  
Septaria, Claystones, and other singular concretions; 
"Slickensides," Glacial markings - polished and striated rocks; 
Rounded Drift, Ripple Marks, Impressions of Rain Drops, Mud-cracks, 
Fossil "Tadpole's Nests," Coralline and Shell Limestones, 
Fulgurites, Rock fused by Lightning, Meteoric Stones, Dendrites, etc.

As an adjunct to these are a few local or glographical series of 
Rocks, which represent, to a certain extent, the Geology of some 
characteristic regions of varied Geological constitution.

Among these is a suite of rocks (60 specimens) from the mining 
district of Lake Superior; another (80 specimens) from that of 
Saxony; two others represent the metamorphic strata of the region
around Mount Blanc (100 specimens), and of Tuscany (180 specimens); 
another (120 specimens) represented the peculiar constitution 
of the Paris Basin - with its alternating salt and fresh water
deposits. There are two very rich series (150 specimens) of the 
volcanic rocks of Mount Vesuvius, and another (200 specimens) 
from the region of extinct volcanos of Central France. A final
series, of several hundred specimens, collected by the State Geological 
Survey, represents the New York system of strata.

This section of the Geological Cabinet is completed by numerous 
models in relief, of Vesuvius, Isle of Teneriffe, Isle of Palma, Etna, 
Mount Blanc, etc.; and a set of Sopwith's Geological Models. Also 
many maps, views and charts, of noted geological sites or phenomena
in various parts of the world.

CABINET OF PALEONTOLOGY.

The five rooms upon the south side of the central hall are occupied
by the collections of Fossils, which fill the wall-cases and 
horizontal tables. The specimens are about 25, 000 in number, and 
are about equally distributed throughout the several geological formations. 
Each specimen is mounted on a block, with a printed 
label, giving the generic and specific name, the geological horizon, 
and the locality. The arrangement is a chronological one, the 
fossils of each great Geological Period being grouped together in 
perfect zoological and botanical order. Each Period is introduced
by a small series of the Rock varieties, more commonly present in, 
and to some extent characterising, strata of that age.

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                                            CABINET OF GEOLOGY.                                                 15

rocks, altered by proximity to igeous dykes, or by contact with lava current; Jointed structure in Slates and Limestones; "Lignilites," Septaria, Claystones, and other singular concretions; "Slickensides," Glacial markings - polished and striated rocks; Rounded Drift, Ripple Marks, Impressions of Rain Drops, Mud-cracks, Fossil "Tadpole's Nests," Coralline and Shell Limestones, Fulgurites, Rock fused by Lightning, Meteoric Stones, Dendrites, etc.

As an adjunct to these are a few local or glographical series of Rocks, which represent, to a certain extent, the Geology of some characteristic regions of varied Geological constitution.

Among these is a suite of rocks (60 specimens) from the mining district of Lake Superior; another (80 specimens) from that of Saxony; two others represent the metamorphic strata of the region around Mount Blanc (100 specimens), and of Tuscany (180 specimens); another (120 specimens) represented the peculiar constitution of the Paris Basin - with its alternating salt and fresh water deposits. There are two very rich series (150 specimens) of the volcanic rocks of Mount Vesuvius, and another (200 specimens) from the region of extinct volcanos of Central France. A final series, of several hundred specimens, collected by the State Geological Survey, represents the New York system of strata.

This section of the Geological Cabinet is completed by numerous models in relief, of Vesuvius, Isle of Teneriffe, Isle of Palma, Etna, Mount Blanc, etc.; and a set of Sopwith's Geological Models. Also many maps, views and charts, of noted geological sites or phenomena in various parts of the world.

            CABINET OF PALEONTOLOGY.

The five rooms upon the south side of the central hall are occupied by the collections of Fossils, which fill the wall-cases and horizontal tables. The specimens are about 25, 000 in number, and are about equally distributed throughout the several geological formations. Each specimen is mounted on a block, with a printed label, giving the generic and specific name, the geological horizon, and the locality. The arrangement is a chronological one, the fossils of each great Geological Period being grouped together in perfect zoological and botanical order. Each Period is introduced by a small series of the Rock varieties, more commonly present in, and to some extent characterising, strata of that age.