ADDITIONAL BRITISH LOCALITIES. 429 east side of Loch Leven, nearly opposite to the Inn at Ballachulish, situated on the west side. The credit of the first discovery of this rare mineral in Great Britain, is due to that inge nious chemist, Mr Holme of Peter House, Cambridge, who met with it in the place* above mentioned. Dr Clarke of Cambridge, politely communicated to me from that gentle man the following analyses of the limestones in which the lepidolite occurs : “ 1. An analysis of 100 grains, from the most brilliant part of a specimen of primitive limestone, from a quarry near Dalmally, in the Highlands of Scotland : Grains. Lime, ... 22/a; Carbonic Acid, - - » Lepidolite and Hornblende, GOJg 100 Analysis of 100 grains from the least brilliant part of the same specimen : Grains. Lime, ... 39^ fl Carbonic Acid, - - 30{g Lepidolite and Hornblende, 30 100 2. Primitive limestone, from a quarry on the north side of Loch-Fyne, opposite to the Inn at Cairndow, si tuated on the south side : . Lime,
