ae 
bus 
: same time that of Tillie fe Roman State. TI : 
210 Notices of the Geology and Mineralogy of Sierly. 
enormous pieces in the cabinets of Prince Biscari, and 
the Benedictines at Catania. 
Amber i is very abundant under the Sere ee in 
gular pieces of various sizes. It d there, and 
alio i in scattered pieces in alluvial oe ibd on the sea 
shore. It is of various colours, transparent and opaque. 
Some specimens Contain insects perfectly preserved. Jet 
is found on the shores of Catania at the river Simetus. 
pang bituminized wood, found in chalk strata at 
icatia, and Seem, very hard and black, from 
the mountains of F. 
Fossil sad is found i in aes ferruginous soils ; ssepidens 
are brought from Mascaldi and Cefalu. 
_ Sulphur is abundant in almost every part of the island. 
Mines of sulphur are found in gr a 
—— around 
, and also around Girgenti. 
ed, t Se are indicated by 
he extend ina vwindiite deeces n in 
veins more than thirty feet thick, The middle of ‘the 
veins are pure sulphur—the sides are adulterated. TI 
‘mines of Riesi, Milocca, Palma, and Raddusa furnish — im- 
mense. quautities. It is found massive and crystallized, of 
a great variety of colours, yellow, red, green, &c. Very 
little is opie 1 the-erater of Etna. None of the sulle 
and exported in such immense quantities, | is ob- 
0 in that Yon 
3 also in the Strate of ‘anal around snipe aes, 
tar] tusa and Palma ; ; also in efflores- 
er of Etna. The alum of Li- 
ies. In the fifteenth centu- 
extensively, and about 
es exer all the others. In the sixteen 
- sively oe fe along the coast fr 
‘aormi ina at the foot of Pelorus, St cate “at 
“There are extensive remains of alum: 9 wo rors 
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