^8 EARTHS. CALCAREOUS. 15= Stakaitesi 



Found in various caves of limeftone rocks in Britaint Germany % 

 and other places, white, cinereous, browniih, of yellowilh, 

 and of various ihapes. 



Stiriat rendulous, in cOntric criifts. 



Lime Stalactites. So^verby Brit. min. p. \%. t.6. 

 Staldiftitescalcareus. Wall. Jyst.min. 2. f. 386. n. 8. 

 Staladite, Kirctvau mineral. 1. p. 88. 

 Fibrous limeftone. Thomfon chemifiryy 3. p. 609. 

 Staladitical limeftone. Schmeijj'er mineral. \, p. z\%, 



1, Cylindrical, 



a. Empty or fiftulous. 



b. Solid. 



c. Priapolithus. Marcorelle A8. Paris, peregr. 7. ». 4. 



d. Callites. Phalloides. Wall.fyj. z. p. 601. n. \. f. 



e. Fungiform. Wall. fyit. 2. p. 388. n. 9. c. 



2. Conicj 



a. Empty or fiftulou.s 



Tophus turbinatu'. Syst. nat.xxi. i. p. 190. ». 18* 



b. Perforated at top. Syst. nat. xii. 3. /. 183. ». 2. 

 « c. Solid. 



3* More or lefs cylindrical and compreiled, refembling thfe 

 roos of 

 a Zedoary. 

 Florentine Iris. 

 Ginger: Zin^iberites. 



Found hanging down from the arches of bridgeSj and the roofs 

 and fides of caverns and cellars of limeftone, and is formed by 

 the gradual depofition and evaporation of water, impregnated 

 with lime, which has been more or lefs infpifl'ated and harden* 

 ed in the air : colour white, grey, brown, or yellowilh, opali© 

 or trafparent. 



Stalagmites SefliJe, with fpherical faces. 



Stalaft. calcar. fig. glob. Wall.Jyst. z.p, 387. n. 9, 



1. Globular. 



a. With the globules diftinft. 



b. With the globules joined in pair?. 

 Orchitis Wall. fyit. min, z. p.toi. n. I, g. 



2. Nodulous. 



3. Kidney-form. ' 



4. Mamillary. 

 5< Carpoliths. 



6. Refembling a Cauliflower. 



7. Chiriti. 



8. Sceliti. 



Found in various calcareous caves and mines. 



