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nites, (indifFerens eft, five addatur fiveomittaturafpi- 

 ratio : ) & , vocabulo magis apto Oolithiis , ex Gr^eco 

 vocabulo caov , Ovum & kiß(^ lapis, quafi ovum lapideum, 

 ByfletUy ti^iK fl einem Ey ^ quia grana rotunda, exqui- 

 bus componitur , mirum quantum figuram pifcium & 

 concharum Ovula referunt, hinc & Ovaria petrificata, 

 feu quce in lapides celTerunt, vocantur; Germani pro 

 diverfa linguse Teutonicce dialefto Rogenßein, Regen^ 

 flein, Fifch- Regen -Stein, RögenfieiUy Ragenßein, ver- 

 fchwemmte und verfieinte Eyerflöcke c^ft Rogen , weil 

 er dem Fifch- Rogen ähnlich flehet, appellitant. 



§.IL 



Oolithus eft faxi genu5 ex infinitis corporibus ori- 

 ginis animalis petrificatis globofis compofitum , feu 

 Oolithus nihil aliud efle videtur, quam Ovaria pifcium 

 aiiorumque animalium marinorum v. g. conchyliorum 

 in lapides transfigurata & mineralifata cruftam, albu- 

 men & vitellum armatis oculis exhibentia , rudera & 

 teftes diluvii haud infim^ qualitatis 6c ordinis. 



§. III. 

 Generis loco pofuimus faxum , fubftantiam duram 

 & rigidam , minus dudlilem , minusque in aqua vel oleo 

 diffluentem , quod dvto^ict confirmat ; eft autem no- 

 ftrum fäxum non unius generis , fed differt inter fe in- 

 vicem , partim magnitudine ovulorum , partim colore 

 &foliditate. (a.) Martinus Rulandus in Di(3:ionario 



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(a) 5f^ad;t)cm W ovuia jjvog (int),ndc^t)em befomnit ev , t)et: 

 (gtcin, anbeve 9^al^men, Me^völlen \)i\^in PifoHthus unö Oro- 

 bias, tvclcl;e xoxt abev nic^t d^jcntdc^ ^ic^ev je^enj 'X>k anbei* 



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