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Show FORMER UTAH COLLECTION SUBJECT OF PUBLICATION Maynard Blxbec on Wednesday received re-ceived publication No. 129 of tho Field Columbian museum. In which arc. eighteen eigh-teen articles describing rare mineral specimens, the authors being Oliver C. Farrlngton and Edwin W. Tlllotson. It Is Of interest locally that eight of the eighteen articles are descriptive of specimens spe-cimens belonging to the Blxbee collection, collec-tion, which was purchased some time ago from this city. Tho collection contained some ex'tremely rnre and valuable minerals, miner-als, many of which have never been duplicated. du-plicated. One specimen of orplment and two of realgar, both of the Bixbeo collection col-lection and from the Mcrcur camp of , Utah, are reproduced Jn colors us a frontispiece to the publication. |