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site, if it be not the griotte of Canne, not far from 

 Narbonne*, which is a deep red, spotted with 

 white, or the Serrancolin, which is of a fair red, 

 mingled with yellow and grey, and is dug near the 

 river Neste, which joins the Garonne. Patrin 

 says, that fine large blocks of Serrancolin have 

 been raised for the decoration of the royal palaces 

 of France. The Pyrenees furnish many marbles, 

 as the green and red of Campan; and, among 

 others mentioned by Palassou, the pure primitive 

 white of Loubie, the grey of Barege, the red of 

 Serrancolin already mentioned^ with those of Scix, 

 mingled with argil and talc, like the Campan. 

 Red, with yellow spots, from Poitou. Pale red 

 ' and yellow, from Tournus, which decorates many 

 churches at Lyons. Grey, veined with white and 

 golden yellow, from Bourbon-Lancy. Red, with 

 white veins, from Caen in Normandy. That of 

 Marquise, near Boulogne, with large yellow spots 

 and red veins. Many of the Flemish marbles are 

 black, veined with white ; the others chiefly be- 

 long to the Conchitic or Zoophytic divisions. 



* So says Patrin ; but I can only find one Cannes, near Antibes. 

 Brongniart says Cosne, in the department of Allier. Marbles, like 

 jewels, being common objects of commerce, many frauds are prac- 

 tised, and many errors in consequence arise. But an eastern marble, 

 probably the Synnadic, is compared, by Tournefort, with the red 

 and white cf Cosne in Languedoc. 



