DOMAIN IX. ANOMALOUS. 



vided into two modes, axinite and lemanite ; the 

 former, as Haiiy has quite a different axinite (a 



Peiekine. crystal from Oisans), might be called pelekine, 

 from the Greek term for a battle-axe*; for it 

 implies the green substance wrought in that 

 form, from New Zealand, and from South Ame- 

 rica, where, as described by Condamine, it forms 

 the real stone of the Amazons : a tribe idly so i 

 called on the Maranon, or river of Amazons, 

 because the women upon one occasion defended 

 themselves, while their husbands were absent in 

 the chase. This substance has been analysed 

 by Hoefner, who pretends to nave found 38 of 

 magnesia; but his authority is absolutely null : 

 and this interesting substance remains a problem. 



Lemanite. The lemanite, which bears the same aspect, has 

 been analysed by the younger Saussure, who 

 discovered no magnesia, but a considerable pro- 

 portion of argilf : and it is possible that even 

 the green kind, for that colour often indicates 

 the presence of magnesia, may, like the Iconite 

 of the Chinese, analysed by Klaproth, contain 

 no magnesia, but merely an unctuous argil. 

 The lemanite receives its name from the lake 

 Leman, commonly called that of Geneva. 



, bipennis. 

 f Silex 44, Lime 4, Argil 30, Oxyd of iron 12,5, Soda 6,=Q6, 5. 



