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OF STONES. 



Thefe marbles are ufed for lime, as well as the 

 whereby fome of them are become fcarce, particularly the fine 

 fort at Dilfton, and the Oz/^-park marble. 



From our River, and Sea Shores, I have been furnifhed with the 

 following Marmoritcs, or fmall ma-fles and nodules of marble. 



i. A marmoriteof a chocolate colour, with a fine golden fhade r 

 regularly fet with many columns of coralloids of the fame kind 

 with thofe in the J3^-marble. They all lie parallel to the fur- 

 face, and look like an affemblage of Auricula pips in their natural 

 colours, giving the Hone an extraordinary beauty. From the 

 fliore of the brook at Simonburn, below the fchool-houfe. Tur- 

 binated and bivalve fea-fhells are frequently found immerfed in 

 it ; of which hereafter. 



2. A marmorite of a deep red colour, with coralloids of a bright 

 red, of the fize of a fixpenny flick of fealing wax, in a perpen- 

 dicular order, parallel to the furface. From the fhore of the 

 brook at Gofton. 



3. A marmorite of a reddim-brown colour, with coralloids of 

 a bright and beautiful orange-yellow, of the fize of a large 

 goofe-quill ; the tubes filled in the center with a bright white 

 fpar, like fmall points or fpecks, adding much to its beauty. 



4. A reddifh-brown marmorite with fmall coralloids of a bright 

 white, filled with a fubflance of the fame colour with the flcae. 



Thefe two from the fhore of the brook near Nun-wick. 



A greyifli-brown marmorite, thick fet with coralloids of a 

 bright grey, of the fize of a goofe-quill, with a white annular 

 circle, and a white apex in the centre. From the fhore of the 



brook 



