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large and rich gold-quartz pieces, entirely fimilar 

 in bignefs and riches to thofe of the Guinea-coait. 

 I faw in this collection found pieces of native gold 

 in quartz, nearly of the bignefs of a fift, with fome 

 fmaller ones, found in the torrent called Evanzonc. 

 Mr. Rubilante had revived the ancient works of 

 the Romans in thefe veins ; but after his retirement 

 they were dropt. 2. Red antimony, from Cbaiiland 

 at Valk fcAofta in Piedmont, fo much refem- 

 bling that of Braunsdorf in Saxony, that I rather 

 incline to believe it to be a Saxonian fample. 

 3. Green lead-ore, from Darba in Valle d'Aofta. Of 

 this kind, I faw fome years ago, in the collection 

 of Chevalier Turgot, at Paris, feveral fine fam- 

 ples uncryflallized, found, glofly, nearly tranfpa- 

 rent, and of the colour of high-green or a dark- 

 green lead-glafs. 



4. Some gold-ores and fallow filver-ore, from 

 T)allangua, in Valle di Sexta, in Piedmont. 



5. Pyritical and other copper-ores, from the 

 fame place. 



6. Several filver-ores, with cobolt, from Bourg 

 d 'Eauecan, in Dauphins, near Brian f on. 



7. Cobolt, from fome mines flill working in 

 Piedmont and Savoy. The burnt ore is tranf- 

 ported, and fold at Nurnberg. 



The Univerfity at Turin has, in the noble aca- 

 demical buildings, a confiderable library, a good 



cabinet 



