878 A List of New Mineral Names. By L. J. SPENCER, M.A., F.G.S. ...

A LIST OF NEW MINERAL NAMES. 889
Osmite. R. Hermann, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, 1836, IX, 228.
Iridosmine with 40"83 per cent. of osmium.
Pantellarite. (A. Dufr~noy, Min. 1859, IV, 59 (po~tellerite);
A. Des Cloizeaux, Min. 1862, I, 323). The felspar of Pantellaria
analysed by hbich in 1840 ; since called anorthoelase.
Paragite. u yon Zepharovieh, Min. Lexicon Oesterr. 1873, II,
350. The same as Korallenerz (corallinerz, Dana) or hepatic cinnabar,
an ore of mercury in Idria.
Paralaurionite. G. F. H. Smith, Min. Mag. 1899, XII, 108,
183 ; Zeits. Kryst. Mira 1900, XXXII, 217. Dimorphous with laurionite,
PbCIOH. Monoclinic. In Roman lead slags from Laurion, Greece.
See rafaelite.
Parianite. S.F. Peekham, Journ. Fra~,kli~ Inst. 1895, CXL, 381.
Asphaltum from the Pitch Lake of Trinidad.
Parorthoclase. F. Zirkel, Lehrb. d. Petrogr. 1893, I, 238
(Parorthoklus). The same as anorthoclase.
Pelionite. W.F. Petterd, Catalogue of the :Minerals of Tasmania,
Papers and Proc. It. Soc. Tasmania, for 1893, 1894, p. 13. Cannel
coal fi-om Mount Pelion.
Philipstadite, R. A. Daly, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Scl.
1899, XXXIV, 488 ; Bull. Soc.franq Min. 1899, XXII, 144. A variety
of hornblende from Philipstad, Sweden.
Picroilmenite. P. Groth, Tab. Uebers. Min. 4th Ed. 1898, p.
143 (Pikroilmenit). The same as picrotitanite, a variety of ilmenite
rich in magnesium.
Pietricikite. C. Istrati, Bult. 3oc. Sci. Bucarest, 1897, VI, 65,
93. The correct spelling of Dana's zietrisikite. A variety of ozocerite
from Mount Pietricica, Moldavia.
Pilite. E. Schulze, LitMa Hercynica, Leipzig, 1895, p. 29. The
same as tinder-ore (Zundererz). Formula given as Pb~Sb3Ss, Harz.
Planoferrite. L. Darapsky, Verf~. deutsch, wiss. Vet. Santiago,
Chili, 1897, III, 423 ; Bol. Soc. Nac. MiJzeria, Santiayo, 1898 [iii], X,
106; Zeits. Kryst. Min. 1898, XXIX, 213. Probably rhombic (F.
Grfinling). Fe2Os.SOs.15H~O. Groth (Tab. bYbers. Min. 4th Ed. 1898,
p. 74) writes the formula as SO~Fe~(OH)4-F13H~O. Chili.