90 



EARTHS. CALCAREOUS. 17. Marmor. 



granulate. 



imcanj. 



StalaO:. calcar. glob. Wall. j'y(l» 2. p. 383, n. 7, 

 Oolithus. Sc h me ijjer mineral, i. />. 216, 



2. Oolithus. With the globules as large as the fpawn of a fifli, 



3. Cenchrites. With the globules as large as a millet feed. 



4. Meconites. With the globules as large as the (tQ6.s of the 



poppy. 



Found in llratified mountains In various parts of Britain y parti- 

 cularly at Ketton in Rutlandjhirey and at Bathy in Saxony, 

 Bninfvaick, France^ S^^vitzerland y Sec. always in large mafles, 

 with rarely the remains of animal fubltances: colour dull 

 grey, brovvnifh or yellowifli, with fometimes a mixture of the 

 two iirft colours : the granulations are eafily detached, and 

 in fmall pieces may be crumbled between the fingers. What 

 is ul'uallX called Baih stoiie and Portland s tone are varietiea of 

 this fpecies* 



Nearly opake, lamellar, fhining internally, hardifh, fpon- 

 taneoLifly falling into granulations, not admitting a 

 poliOic 

 R/Iarmor rude. Sy/f, nat xii. 3. p. 41, ». 6« 

 Calcareus gran. denf. IValLjyIi. i. p. 122, «. 2. 

 Foliated and granular limellone. Kir-wan miner, i, p^ 84. 

 Granulariy foliated hmeftone. Thomjon chem. 3. p.6og. 

 Found in vaft beds or ftrata in many mountains of Europe, &c. 

 conilituting their principal parts, and never containing the 

 veftiges of living bodies: the granulations of different fizes : 

 colour white, cinereous, black, brown, red, yellowifli or vari- 

 egated : frad:ure foliated, often fmall and fine, always llraight: 

 it is ufed for building, mending roads, burning into lime, and 

 as a flux for iron (lone. 



Diaphanous, white, lamellar, fhining internally, bardilh, 

 fpontaneoully falling into finer granulations, receiving 

 a polilh. 

 Marmor part, fpatofo-fquam. SjJ}, uaf. xii. 3. p, 42. k. 7. 

 Jf^all, fyH, min. \, p. \ 24. «. 4. a. p. 1 20. n, 8. a. 

 Parian and Carrara marble. Kir<vu an miner, i. j&. 85, 

 Granular Hmeftone. Schmei/Jer miner, 1.^.217, 

 Carrara and Paros marble. Tbom/on chem. 3. p. 609.. 



2. Marmor tardum. Syft. nat. xii, 3./. 41. n. 5. 

 With fubimpalpable particles, white, diaphanous. 



^. Marmor decafiatum. Syji, nat,x\\. 3. ;>.42. n. 8, 

 With oblong deprefied decufl"ately fcattered particle?. 



4. Marmor acerofum. Sjfl, nat. xii. 3. /. 42, k. 9. 

 With oblong acerofe longitudinally Icattered particles, 



5. Pietra elaflica, Freher Brief, and Wolfthland. /.no. 



