Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Smithsonian Institution Archives.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
No. 79-82.- Trachyte - Coral
84-86.- Basalt, containing large crystals of Hornblende - Coral.
88.- Basalt, containing Olivine - Coral.
89.- Brownish red Scoria, encrusted with lime - Bayou Nead.
90-93.- Grayish Basalt. - Coral.
94-96.- Vesicular Trachyte, containing hornblende, felspar,
and decomposing Olivine.
98-101.- In crustations of specular Iron, from Cape Girar
102-105.- Compact Basalt, containing Olivine
106-109.- Porphyritic Basalt, containing a few microscopic
Circular Crystals. - Bayou Nead.
110-113.- Scoria, from the summit of Pico Anuco, the highest
peak of eldeavera; 6240 feet above the sea.
114.- Pico Anuco - Madurini
115.- Vesicular Basalt - Coral
116.- Brick red Tufa, containing angular crystals of Augite,
from Santiago (One of the Cape Toss plants)
No. 108.- Basalt, from Porte Baya
109.- Imperfect Alkaline
110-111.- Gray Basalt, from the cliff fronting the harbor of
Porte Baya.
112, 114, 115.- The Same, containing minute crystals of Natrofels.
113, 116, 117, 118.- Pitchy Scoria, with infiltrated bands of lime.
119-122.- Yellow Tufa, Containing Augite in Crystal - from the
North side of Porte Baya.
From Pico de Janerio
No. 130-131.- Gneiss, from the Plena quarries near R. Janerio.
132-133.- Granite, from seams in the gneiss of the same quarries.
134-136.- Porphyritic granite, from the quarries just back of Pico
towards Matapores. This is the prevailing stone
of the group about R. Janerio.
137-138.- Granite, from seams in this quarry.
139.- Coarse Granite from the same quarries, containing Iron,
Pyrite, Crystallized Mica, and felspar.
140.- Stalactite Crystal of Iron Pyrite, from the same quarry.
141-144.- The Same, with Mica and Crystals of felspar. The small
tabs of the latter mineral are transparent.
145.- Crystals of Felspar - from same quarries.