EARTHS. TALCOSE. 3. Afteftus. 



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tortuosus. 



Subtrt 



Lignum > 



Care, 



Common Afbeflus, Ihomfms chemiflry^ 3. p» 594. 



Found in Sthriuy Lapland y Szvedeny Silefiay Saxony y Franconiaj 

 and lyroly generally in wedge (liaped pieces; colour green or 

 grey: its furface can be fcratched with a knife, and is njt 

 altered by fire : it melts with borax into a white glally mafs ; 

 contains lilica 63, 9. carbonate of magnefia 16, o. carbonate 

 oflimei2, 8. oxyde ot iron 6, o, alumina 1, i. Bergm, 



Harder, with tortuous, rigid, clofcly united, fafciclcd fi- 

 bres. 



Amiantus Solidus. Syfl, nat. xii. 3. /), 57, «. 10. 

 Afbeftiis folidus, Wall.Jyfi i./>. 398. 

 Found in Sijuedent in tfte Norburg quars. 



B. fFith the fibres interwoven y and breaking into ohtuf an- 

 gled fragments . 



Flexible, refemblingcork, imbibing water with a noifc, 

 adhering to the tongue. 



Amiantus corticofu^ Syli. nat, xii. 3. p, 56. n, 7. 



Aiteftus fibris flexilibus WalLfyft, 1. /. 400. 



Mountain cork. Schmeijfer 77itmrat. i.p. 202. 



Subcr montanum. Ki'-tvan mineral', I. p* 162, 



Elallic Afbeftus. Thomfon^s chemiflryt 3. p. 594. 



Found in the mines of 5af^^(?«, Baxonyy Hungary kc, contain- 

 ing often filver ores, in thick compa6l pieces: colour white, 

 reddifh white, cinereous, greeniOi, oryellowifh; the fibres 

 are fo confufedly interwoven with each other, and fometim^s 

 fo fubtily as to be diftingui(hed with difiiculty ; it is very 

 light, dry and elaftic, and yields to the prefTure of the nail : 

 contains filica 56, 2. carbonate of magnefia 26, i. carbo- 

 nate of lime 12,7, iron 3,0, alumina 2,0. Bergman^ 



Refembling wood in colour and texture. 



Ligniform Afbeftus, Kirnvan mineral. I . /. 1 6 1 . 

 Mountain wood. Schme'JJer mineral, i. p. 205. 

 Ligniform Afbeftus. Thorn/on^ schemijlryy 3, />. 595. 

 Found at Claufeny in Tyrol : colour brown, and if broken acrofs 

 difcovers an irregular filamentous ftrndure, l:ke wood. 



Flexible, floating, in thick lamellar pieces. 



Amiant. corticof. flexilis, Syji. nat, xii. 3. p, 56, ». 8, 

 Mountain Leather. Schmeiffer mineral, I. p. 203. 

 Found in the iron mines of S^-jceden^ in pieces of the thicknefs 

 &nd confiftence of tanned horfes* fbin ; colour whitifh, the 

 outer furface often confifting of very thin Ihort crowded ere<fl 

 hairs, over which is a black unequal membrane. ft has the 

 appearance of a hornblend, but is immediately diftiiguifhed 

 by its foftnefs and colour: contains filica 56, 2. aiumina2,o. 

 magnefia 26, i, carbonate of lime 12, 7, iron 3,0, Schmeijf^ 



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