40 OF 'EARTHS. 



dly. Of a bluifli-black, variegated with red and white. 



4f/>/y. Of an afhen colour, with two different fhadcs of pur- 

 ple, and arborefcent^nV or dendrite of a dark purple. 



$tbly. Of a fky colour and carmine, with deep purple ftriae. 

 Thefe four from the more of the brook below Slmonburn-ca.ft\e. The 

 lafl is not unfrequent on the fhore of North Tyne, by the Strother- 

 houfc, below 



Another fpecies of this foffil, the Melitites of the Antients (e) is 

 fometimes found on the fame fhores. The ground-colour is a 

 fair pale yellow. I met with the following varieties of it. 



\fl. Of a light firaw-colour, with beautiful purple veins, 



idly. Of a ftraw-colour, variegated with red, and elegantly 

 punctated with black. Both thefe from the more of the brook 

 at Gofton. 



. Yellow, with a mixture of red, diffufed in clouds, and 

 zones or circles of red, edged with yellow, refembling little 

 ilowcrs, of the fize of a fixpence ; not fuperficial, but pervading 

 the whole fubftancc. Prom the fame fhore. 



Beautiful varieties of it are alfo not unfrequcnt on the more of 

 North Tyne below Chipchace-m\\\, and on the fhore of the brook 

 below Simonburn~ca.ft.le, efpecially after floods. 



Rubbed on a flone with water, all the kinds yield a milky, 

 fweet folution s like cream ; from which property the Melitites has 



(e) Steatites inJurata Melitites difta. Da Cofh. Hift. Foff. p. 41. n. 17. 

 Argilla indurata albo-flavefccns Isvis, qua; Melitites Antiquorum, Hill. Hift. FofT. 

 p. 24. n. 14. 



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