DOMAIN IX. ANOMALOUS. 



especially as Niolo is celebrated for various 

 beautiful stones*. 



NOME III. CORSILITE. 



This beautiful rock being also from Corsica, '( 

 it was thought proper to propose a geographical 

 name; and an island so eminent in the history 

 of the rocks, well deserves this distinction. 

 Description. The rock now in question is a most beautiful 

 mixture of greyish white, with the most delicate 

 emerald green, which presents at the same time a 

 satiny appearance. According to Werner, it is 

 a mixture of felsite, or compact felspar, with 

 actinote. Among the Italian artists, it has been 

 long known by the name of Verde di Corsica; 

 and Ferber, in his intelligent travels through 

 Italy, 1772, informs us that u the Verde di Cor- 

 sica is no marble, but a hard rock, striking fire 

 with steel, of a white substance, with blackish or 

 violet spots, and large grass-green sherl crystals, 

 of a sweet colour. Large tables of this fine 



* Even in the large maps of Bacler Dalbe, Corsica must be im* 

 perfectly represented, for Niolo, and other names often mentioned, 

 are not to be found. 



