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watered, and then extremely beautiful ; called 

 Jikewife pietra -puruchina. I do not know for what 

 reafon. 



4. Alabaftro forito, brown and white, in alter- 

 nating parallel ftripes, which are either waving or 

 angulating. Sometimes with fmall iron-dendrites, 

 as in fome pedeftals in the villa Albani. 



IV. Jafper. 



1. Diafpro Sanguigno ofia Heliotropio is agreenifh 

 oriental jafper, with fmall blood-red fpots. 



2. Diafpro roffo is not commonly antique, but 

 commonly found at Barga in Tofcana, or in St- 

 cily. 



3. Diafpro giallo> yellowifti-brown, veined with 

 thin green and white waves. 



4. Diafpro forito teticellato is white tranfparent 

 agate-like, with dark-red fpots and ftripes j the 

 fpots inclofed into a white opaque milky or yellow 

 line. At Mondragone at Frafcati, and elfewhere, 

 magnificent tables, compofed of this and other 

 hard (tones. Antique, and very fcarce. 



There is a fimilar Diafpro Jiorito from Sicily, 

 Spain, and Conftantinople, 



V. Breccia 



