. Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Scientific expeditions. t' the ssiim- coin pun i lion as the eJiert to tlie south, exi:o|)t that it was quite highly colonsd in t1ie wcathorcMl oidrrop by iron TIjc hirst ol' thcw chert; hoik probably orio-iriatct! through the silicifientioii of suiiie sediiricntory bed, citlier a Jiinestone or a calcareous shah\ The RH'ond elicri is either a j;diasc of the .^amc lorinaliuo or a dilTerdit oho. wliioh Kluiiiped before stdidiiicaiioii. Sid)sc|nciitly the fomiatioji wa> sili(-ifi(>d. the intense enioipling due t,


. Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Scientific expeditions. t' the ssiim- coin pun i lion as the eJiert to tlie south, exi:o|)t that it was quite highly colonsd in t1ie wcathorcMl oidrrop by iron TIjc hirst ol' thcw chert; hoik probably orio-iriatct! through the silicifientioii of suiiie sediiricntory bed, citlier a Jiinestone or a calcareous shah\ The RH'ond elicri is either a j;diasc of the .^amc lorinaliuo or a dilTerdit oho. wliioh Kluiiiped before stdidiiicaiioii. Sid)sc|nciitly the fomiatioji wa> sili(-ifi(>d. the intense enioipling due t,o solitlnetiou f)eitig preserved in sec-ondardx^ fornuHl ehi-rr. Still hiter. tlic iron eont<'nt of the '•iicrt Inis. been oxidized to limonite an folhoviu, .»r the rrnurph; A l> !(» feet tluek of Jasper was found in tlie (\mv/A\\ M'wvr t\v<. unlr jiheve the town. Only one oiiferop was toeated. front wliirli it apjieare thai the Ited was eceibyrnnfbh' with the sumninding formations. Froi the omoinit (»f Jiisper H<»at b)und in the streams it was irdVrred that th bed was of eonsiderahh^- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Academy of Sciences. New York, : The Academy


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