Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-12-26

| the south end discloses the iron exhibit
! Here are some specially beautiful speci
mems of pyrites, hemitytes, brown iron ore
and one especially beautiful kldney-shapeC
| specimen.
The next three doors show the lime spe
| cimens-gypsum, calcite, fiuor-spar, dol
mite, etc.
At the end of the west side on the north
| is strontium and most magnificent anG
beautiful collection of lime formations
and crystallizations.
Passing to the east, the end of the cabi-
net shows tin and silver ore, native and for.
| eign, in great variety, but mainly from
| California, Australia and England.
Going south one door is given up to
| graphites. There are some specially rich
specimens of plumbago to be seen here and
one beautiful piece of amber, inelosing 8
| fly. This is placed with the graphites, be-
cause it is hydro-carbon and graphite is
| a carbon.
The next door is given up to exhibits Of
magnesium, the next two to zinc, the next
two to anthony. Here are some specially
beautiful specimens of stibnite and some
rare ones of cervantites. The next door
brings rs around again to the gold section
and is occupied by q marvellous specimen
of ruin marble. To look upon the sheet al
first one would assert that the apparent
pictures upon 1t were drawn by an artist,
representing old ruins, castella led towers
ETC., but as matter of fact they are natural
| formations of magnetism limestone. There
| are also in this section some fine specimens
of galenas and lead ore.
Cabinet No. 2 is upon the extreme west
and north. The south side and a part OF
the north are given over entirely TO exhib-
its of silver from all parts of the world.
Two doors are given up to quicksilver and
cinnabar exhibits, the finest specimens OF
which are from Arizona and Australia. In
the west end of this cabinet are to be seen
some specially fine specimens of arsenic
and orpiment, which is used for pigments
There are also some very fine specimens of
rock salts and some in as perfect cubes as
if cut by machinery. Here also are TO be
seen some of the celebrated red salt specI-
mems.
Cabinet No. is upon the extreme east
and south. Beginning at the south, eight
doors are given up to silicates and alumni
ates. 1t includes the celebrated agate COL
lection, unquestionably the finest in va
riety, richness of character and exquisite
finish of any upon the continent. Upon
the same side are 10 be seen three sections
full of precious stones, topaz, onyx, anne
thyst, opal and ruby predominating. Here,
jasper, some magnificent crystals of kyan-
lite, and last, though not least, the tourma-
line, around which so much of mystery has
been thrown in fiction and poetry. The
cabinet shows that there was an original
deposit in it of diamonds, but these disap-
peared long before the property came I'M
der the control of the present Trustees. In
this section also are to be found opals Gu
riously imbedded in concrete and beauti-
full collection of lapis lazuli. There is also
beautiful example of the goede of anne
thyst. Probably there is nothing finer in
the whole collection than this. Here, too,
is fine specimen of meerschaum and
many curious mineral crystallizations that
cannot be here enumerated, but two must
be, the examples of labradorite, an appar-
emily plain and ordinary stone, but which
under shifting rays Of light show in the
most marvellous manner dancing glimpses
of all the pris matte hues and the most vivid
color.
On the east side of this case are arranged
the miscellaneous exhibits, the obsidian,
lava, fossils in wood, petrified amenities,
etc. AT one end is second classification
of silicates, removed from the first for want
of room. A small space remains in the
cabinet unoccupied, because it was deemed
inadvisable TO break up the classification
further.
Cabinet No. is on the extreme north
east. One side and both ends, sixteen
doors, are given up TO exhibits of native
copper. 1t is an exceedingly fine exhibit
and represents all the copper fields of the
world. Some examples of crystallized
copper here are very beautiful. There is
one remarkable crystallization, water
branching like tree, from the celebrated
Bura Bura mines of Australia; also some
magnificent crystallizations from Lake Su-
perior. On the west side of this case four
doors are given up to exhibits of cobalt
nickel and bismuth and many unclassitied
articles, among them dendritic, or tree
specimens, resembling moss imprinted
upon the rocks, the moss formation being
of manganese.
Cabinet No. is wholly unclassifed. II
contains some geological, some mineralog-
ical and some archaeological specimens.
DR.. Schneider was not called upon to class
ify these, nor have the Trustees at present
sufficient evidences TO identify them nor
the time to properly label them, but it is
the intention to do so at some early future
| day. There are some remarkably fine spe-
cimens in this department of fossilized
and opalized wood. At the end of this
case may be seen magnificent specimen
which the Trustees have named the Giant
VI yStdl, Vi DIRK dUU also an I'M
mense stalactite. Here, too, are some
beautiful specimens of jasper and all the
coal collections, which are extensive and
represent most of the coal fields of the
world.
The catalogues on Thursday will be
found on table near the door, but no one
is permitted to remove a catalogue from
the room. No one put member of the
Board of Trustees will be permitted to re-
move a specimen from the cabinets for
closer examination, but each of the Trus-
tees say they will give such of their time as
they reasonably can to accommodate Wis
itors on special occasions who may desire
to make such an examination, as they
only will hold the keys to the cabinet,
being responsible to the State for the same
The Board was unanimous in its opinion
that all the specimens should be placed in
fiat cases, and that if the State does its duty
by this magnificent collection it will permit
| the Board to substitute fiat cases for the
present upright ones, in which the extreme
upper shelves, filled as they are with speci-
| mems, can scarcely be seen.
1t was the intention to have opened this
cabinet to-day, but after three or four hours
of labor yesterday the Trustees were unable
to complete the final arrangements for it;
proper and safe exhibition.
Metropolitan Thearer.