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Ch. 6: Illustrations, Index, Appendix

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PLATE XIV.
No. 1.—Kyanite, light-blue and oblique rhombic prism, with truncation, from St. Gothard.
No. 2.—Amphibole or dark-green Hornblende, Actinolite, an oblique rhombic prism, from Tyrol.
No. 3.—Precious Serpentine, in right rectangular prisms, from Norway.
No. 4.—Lumachelli or Fire Marble, containing fossil shells; the variegated colors are owing to nautilus or ammonite, from Corinthia.
No. 5.—Ruin Marble, cut perpendicularly to the planes of the layers, from Tuscany.
No. 6.—Pea-stone, calcareous Stalactite, from the hot springs of Carlsbad.
No. 7.—Dark-brown ribbon Agate, Arabian Onyx, from the East Indies.
No. 8.—Pale-yellow Marble, from Florence.
No. 9.—Variegated Marble, containing Corals, from the transi­tion rocks of Nassau.
No. 10.—Red brecciated Marble, from Italy.
No. 11.—Black Porphyry, from Sweden.
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