EARTHS. P0NDERQU3. 9. Sydneb. 75 



, Fibrous, with the fibres diverging, texture of th<i cryftals 

 firaighc foliated. 



Foliated fulphat of Strontian. Ihmnfon ehem, 3, /, 625. 



Found in Britain and Sicityy in maU'es and cryftals : the amor- 

 phous pieces fibrous, with the fibres diverging: cryftals 

 grouped, fhining, femitranfparent : colour whife. 



9. SYDNEIA. Confifts of ponderous earth, alu- 

 mina, fine fand, and fome colourkfs mica : 

 foluble in heated muriatic acid only; the folu- 

 tion not cryllallizing, but becoming a butyra- 

 ceous and deliquefcent mafs: melts in a heat of 

 15 deg. of Wedgwood. 



australiu Sy D N E I A . 



Sydneia, or Sidney Earth. Kirijoan miner, \,p, I5» 



Sydneia. Wedgixiosd. PhiloJ^Tranf. 2790. ^,306. 



Auftralis Sidny Earth. Schme'tJJer miner. \,p 45. 



Found in Sidney Ccvej in Neiv South fVaks, white with fomc- 

 times a few black particles refembling black lead : the buty- 

 raceous mafs from the folution is pale yellovy and not cor- 

 jrofive. 



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