Intelligence and Miscellanies. 185 
i4, Novaculite in Georgia.—Extract of a letter to the Ed- 
itor, from Mr. J. Cc. frees dated, “ Sparta Female 
cademy,” Jan. 16th, | 
“T take the liberty of se ee you relative to a mineral 
which I have been examining, and pronounced novaculite, 
Sonne * identical, if not with the ‘Turkey oil stone, with 
that found in N, Caroli ina, and described, I think, in the thir- 
teenth za of the American apn nal of Science and Arts. 
“ Sin came to this conclusion, I polished a specimen 
of it, and prepared it by ont in oil, after the manner of 
a Turkey oil stones, and put it into the hands of a carpen- 
r, who, after trial, pronounced it ‘a Turkey oil stone of a 
superior quality.’ 
his mineral is found in Lincoln and Oglethorpe coun- 
teh Georgia... [have recently visited the locality in Lin- 
It is situated on a low hill, about two miles from Lin- 
eanten court-house. It is seen projecting above the surface. 
of the earth, through four or five acres of ground, and is 
therefore probably quite extensive. It is found very much 
inclined, or nearly in a vertical Drei There are several 
the earth, is mostly of a greenish alae a fair specimen of 
which I now send you 
abit D. Ceneted to. whom we have exhibited the above 
med specimen, a o, from his familiarity with the ex- 
ene beds of novaculit a North Carolina, is well qualified 
to judge, agrees in opinion with Mr. Keeney ; and if it were 
of any Sater thae: we could add our own assent.— 
Notice of the locality of the Bronzite, Jameson; or 
Dialiaee uM muah Hany an Se ck, at Amity, Or- 
ine, — vary in size, from minute scales, scarcely two lines 
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