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Marble, Lumachella, Alabafter, Jafper, Breccia, 

 Porphyry, Granites, Bafaltes. 



I. Antique Mar&tes. 



Marmo Africano, purple, white fpotted with 

 black intervals, which feem to be argillaceous. A 

 like fpecies is dug at Seravezza ; therefore called 

 Africano, and employed inftead of the antique. 



Afrlcano jftorifo. white, purple and yellow fpot- 

 ted ; the fpots like flames, and the mafs or inter- 

 vals blackifh, of an argillaceous nature. 



Arkchino, or di Seme Santo, dark red with fmall 

 triangular white fpots Arlecbino, on account of 

 its many fpots ; and Seme Santo, on account of 

 their likenefs, with white feeds, and its being fre- 

 quently employed in holy places. Now and then 

 called Breccia di Seme Santo, but that is an abufe of 

 the word ; it mould rather be called Brcccatello. 



M. Bigio, grey antique marbles. 



M. Breccia darata has great yellow fpots upon a 

 red ground, in which now and then appears fome 

 white. The Italians call this and other variegated 

 fpotted marbles Breccia ; though this be the proper 

 denomination of feparated different ftones ferrumi- 

 nated into a common mafs. Spotted marbles are 

 properly to be called Broccatello ; but this word 

 is feldom employed. 



P 4 Breccia 



