502 DOMAIN V. CALCAREOUS. 



alabaster of the department of Mont Blanc, of 

 the most beautiful white, sometimes veined with 

 grey, and receiving an exquisite polish, is much 

 employed at Grenoble, the Gratianopolis of an- 

 tiquity, and the chosen seat of Venus and 

 Apollo. 



Anydrous. The alabaster called anydrous is of several 

 colours, white, rose, grey, and even blue, which 

 is called celestine, a name now strictly belong- 

 ing to a kind of strontian. The white anydrous 

 kind is also found at Vizil, near Grenoble; and 

 was used by the Romans, as appears from the 

 beautiful mile stone, or rather column, at Thin, 

 on the banks of the Rhone, which is six feet 

 high, and erected in the time of Aurelian*. 



Anydrous alabaster, mixed with a considera- 

 ble quantity of silex, forms the bardiglio of the 

 Italians, found near Vulpino, fifteen leagues 

 from Milan, and employed in making columns, 

 tables, and vases. It properly belongs to the 

 Diamictonic Domain, where it is more particu- 

 larly described. 



White alabaster, from Derbyshire. 



With a blue transparency, from Notting- 

 ham. 



White alabaster, from the lower Pyrenees. 



* Ib. 473. 



