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serpentine, from Salzburg. Red, from Ratisbon, 

 Bohemia, and Trent. Straw yellow, with black 

 dendrites, from Hessia. It is only formed into 

 little pictures ; and, like the Florentine, is a marlite 

 abounding in argil. 



SWISSERLAND. -In general dull violet, spotted 

 or veined with black. There are some of a bluish 

 grey, resembling what is called the blue turquin, 

 which comes from Africa, and is spotted with 

 siderite, and the blue marble of Narbonne ; both 

 of which however should be called grey, for no 

 blue marble has hitherto been discovered, that 

 colour being almost peculiar to the precious 

 stones ; but it appears in alabaster, a blue trans- 

 lucent kind of which is found near Nottingham *. 



FRANCE. The most singular is perhaps the 

 blue of Narbonne, described by Patrin as of a 

 deep blue, spotted with bright grey. Brard says 

 that it is white, mingled with bluish grey, and is 

 in the highest esteem, being sometimes improperly 

 called marble of Languedoc. Of the beautiful 

 red marble, which forms many chimney-pieces at 

 Chantilly, often spotted with a deeper colour, and 



imetimes with white spar, I cannot discover the 



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* The mountain of Cramont, near Mont Blanc, is composed of 

 a coarse marble, of that kind which the Italians call cipolino; the 

 base being large-grained, and confusedly crystallised, of a slate 

 blue, with white veins and spangles of mica. Sauss. 915. 

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