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ihe hands of a lapidary. So far as I have examined them, 
they appear to consist of granite, gneiss, sienite, sandstone, 
porphyry, flinty slate, quartz, flint, chalcedony, jasper, 
and onyx. ‘They of course exhibit a variety of col- 
pa 5 whité, red, black, green, blue and yellow — the most 
common. They also present a variety of forms, such as 
eg ~ skagen oval, lenticular, cylinaiieals coeianl, 
face of many of them is richly variegated. 
Some are attiptels some are spotted, some are band 
_ some of them are.covered with various irregular and issites 
tive figures. Most of them are opake ; some are translucent ; 
and some of them are semi-transparent. 
7. By Dr. Samvet Rosinson. 
[Remark.—Specimens of the “ape minerals have 
been forwarded by Dr. Robinson, and we publish his list 
entire, although some of the localities have been already 
noticed in this Journal.—Eprror. | 
: Amethystine Quartz,* Bristo 
2. Augile, in talcose slate, rein Rul 
3. Basanite, Newport. 4. Ser, erpe ntine, do. 
_ 5. Shale, with vegetable impressions, Popasquash Island. 
6. Staurotide, in mica slate. Cannonicut Island. James- 
town. 
7. Garnets, in talcose slate. 
8. Rhomb Spar, Green Tale, Fibrous Talc, and Quartz, 
Smithfield. 
9. Macle, Sterling, Mass. go. 
10. Yenite, a land. ; 
- } bf q rad ck, 
of Providence ; they are a the same locality ony are remarkable both 
for their size and the e depth and richness of their colo One piece 
polished, a or er set in gold by Mr. eres Baker, Jeweller, ea 61 oppo 
with the finest foreign speci mens. _ is, eet: worthy of 4 
po ae - * ene patronage, from Pence of this el com ‘departm 
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