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7. A beautiful specimen of calcareous spar, with argillite on two 
of its opposite sides. It is white and very brilliant. 
8. Calcareous breccia, gray, porous, and containing angular frag- — 
ments of argillite. ‘This,’ says the Rev. missionary, “is the 
common stone of Smyrna.” 
9. “From Mount Sypibus (or Sysibus) between Carrabar (or 
Canabar) and Magnesia, about twenty five hours N. E. of Smyrna. 
We rode two hours at the foot of a high mountain, composed of 
this kind of stone.” A dark gray limestone, with seams of white 
calcareous spar. 
_ From Ephesus. 
1. A fine specimen of the chaux carbonatée saccaroide of Haiiy, 
having a coarse grain, and somewhat of a pearly lustre. 
2. Arragonite, connected with gray, granular limestone. 
3. Common serpentine—color green, translucent at the edges. 
4. Arragonite ; it appears to have been a part of an ancient fluted 
column. 
5. “From an Armenian burying ground near Thyatira. The 
date of the stone from which it was broken, was 1199.” Itisa 
compact limestone of a gray color, containing white veins of the 
same substance. 
From Thyatira. 
1. “ From a hill near Thyatira.”” Compact limestone—has a 
smooth fracture, a little conchoidal. 
2. “ Near Thyatira.” This is a singular product of the mineral 
kingdom. At first sight, I took it to be compact garnet, but soon 
perceived that its fracture was different from that of the garnet. It 
refused to give fire with steel. I applied to it nitric acid, anda . 
copious effervescence occurred. Its color is a bright red, probably 
due to the oxide of manganese. In appearance, it resembles the 
Haddam manganesian garnet. It is, unquestionably, a carbonate of 
lime, and is partly surrounded by milky quartz. 
3. “From a mountain between Pergamos and Thyatira, composed 
wholly of this stone, at the foot of which we rode four or five hours 
in arich valley.” Siliceous limestone of a light gray color, and 
yielding sparks with the steel. 
4. “From an orchard of olive trees near Haivali.” A white 
mass of calcareous matter, which seems to have been formed by art. 
It is, probably, an ancient cement. 
5. Sienite, chiefly hornblende, “from the Haivali college.” 
