OF STONE S. 95 



i . A white granite, thinly fpotted with large black fpots or flakes 

 of micce, and fome of a fplendid filver-colourfrj. The concre- 

 tions, though large and glofly ; adhere firmly and flrongly toge- 

 ther, and form a ftone of great hardnefs, capable of a high 

 polim. From the fhore of North Tyne. In Cornwall and Devon- 

 Jhire it is called Moor-Jlone, where it is found in large ftrata, and 

 ufed in. the ornamental parts of buildings. It has alfo been worked 

 into very beautiful tables, 



2. A granite of a dufliy afhen-white ground, with numerous, 

 irregular, black fpots ; the concretions fmall and fine, confiding 

 ofanopake, tabulated quartz, and micas j the latter of a deep 

 black ; both glofly ; forming a beautiful variegation (s). From 

 the more of the brook below Simonburn-ca&le. An abundance of 

 this kind of granite is faid to be found in the antient temples and 

 other buildings, of &gypt, Afia, and Italy; diflinguimed by mo- 

 dern travellers, by the name of the grey Granite. It is the Arabian 

 granite of Dr. Woodward (t), and the Granitello of the Italians. 



3. A granite of a red ground, of different degrees, fpotted with 

 white, yellow, purple, and black (u) j the concretions flrongly 



com- 



(r) Granita albiffima micis magnis nigris argenteifque notata. Da Co/la. Hift. FofT. 

 p, 273. No. 2. 



Moor-ftone. Woodward. Cat. G. c. 3. 



Granita alba, duriffima, nigro variegata ; quae incolis cornubienfium Mwr-Jiont. Hill, 

 H!ft. Foff. 498. No. i. 



(s) Granita albefcens micis parvis nigris frequenter maculata, Italis Granitello dicla. Da 

 Cofla. Hift. Foff. p. 274. No. 3. 



(l) Granite from Arabia. Woodw. Cat. I. y. 6. & Cat. t.-S. 3. Cat. A. 0. d. 38. 



(u) Granita rubefcens, granita orientalis rubra di&a. Da Cojia. Hift. Fofl". p. 276. 

 No. 6. 



