PHYSIOGRAPHY. 125 



Chrome-Ochre Chrome-Ore. 



shire and in Iceland. It has been found at several places in the United 

 States, among which may be mentioned those of Gill, (Mass.) and South- 

 bury, (Conn.) 



2. It appears to be decomposed Mesotype. 



CHONDRODITE. (See Brucite.) 



CHRISTIANITE. (See Jlnorthite.) 



CHROMATE OF LEAD. (See Red Lead-Ore.) 

 CHROME-OCHRE. Chromic Lusine-Ore. 



Massive : composition impalpable : earthy and pulveru- 

 lent. 



Color dark green. 



1. Infusible before the blow -pipe, but changes to a lighter green. 

 With borax, it gives a fine green color. 



2. Analysis. 



Oxygen 29-89 



Chrome 70-11 



3, It sometimes occurs pure, but more frequently mingled with earthy 

 matters, as in the mountains of Ecouchets, between Conches and Creu- 

 zot, Saone and Loire. Also with Feldspar at Elfdalen in Dalecarlia, and 

 in serpentine rocks in the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont. 



CHROME-ORE. Chromated Iron-Ore, 

 Primary form. Regular octahedron. 



Secondary form. 



Fig. 131- 



Floboken, (New Jersey,) and Bare Hills, (Maryland.) 



Cleavage parallel with the primary form rather imper- 

 fect. Fracture uneven, or imperfectly conchoidal. 

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