Geology, &c. of the Connecticul. 225. 
tabular quartz, chalcedony, balls of zeolite, &e. Hundreds 
of specimens have been obtained at this ereg To procure 
them, however, requires much labour. — % 
48. Apophyllite. Near Saybrook, Connecticut. (Gibbs.) 
* 49. Tremolite. At Milford, Washington, Goshen, Canaan, 
(Conn. ) &c. in dalomie and granular limestone. (Silliman. ) 
A mineral is found at Leydenin great quantities, associated 
with quartz, limestone &c. and sometimes forming the gangue 
of the red oxid of titanium; the same occurs also at West Ha- 
ven or Orange in hornblende—also at Leyden ? at Colrain? 
at Shelburne? at Conway? at Goshen? (Mass.) at Guil- 
ford? and Brattleborough ? Vt. and in various instances, in 
vast abundance: this mineral has generally been called 
iremolite, aed: sometimes zoizite, but it is probably scapolite. 
. Ash ahs: At New-Haven and Milford, in il sg 
very weet (Silliman.) Also at Pelham, Mass. _wher rei 
occurs with serpentine and talc. 
Amianthus. At New-Haven and Milford. Also at Wash- 
ington. (Silliman.) 
gite. At Litchfield in dolomite—the whitish varie- 
i “Bice, Also at Brookfield and Washington in dolomite. 
on.) Also at Goshen, Mass. in granite, in flattened 
a gray prisms, sometimes eight inches long and two 
inches wide. This locality is one mile north of the meet- 
ing house, on the road to Ashfields Also at Deerfield, in 
secondary greenstone, associated with quartz and calcareous 
spar, either in irregular veins or imperfect crystals—colour 
black—not abundant. 
1, Sahlite. Near New-Haven in serpentine rocks belong- 
ing to the formation of verd-antique marble. if kas ) 
2. Common Hornblende. This, of course, occurs in great 
quantities as a constituent of several rocks marked on the 
map; indeed, it may be found in a good degree of pu- 
rity almost every mere 5 Woe the Connecticut, either in 
place or in rolled masse 
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