480 ON THE YENITE OP RHODE ISLAND. 



assumed a fibrous appearance, — and it is only by a magnify- 

 ing iriass that we discover that the fibres of the Yenite are 

 formed by a combination of minute crystals of that mineral. 



As to the geoenostic situation of this mineral, nothing can 

 with certainty be said. It is found on the farm of a Mr. 

 Brown in Cumberland township, fifteen miles north of Pro- 

 vidence, Rhode Island, where it occurs, according to Dr. 

 Robinson, among heaps of stone which were blasted no one 

 knows why, — possibly for the purpose of obtaining metal. 



