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The stone was P Pusat for me by Dr. Haynsworth, and is 
now in my possession. Its weight. was peo fay ee | 
shape may be eres of from the “annexed figure 
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It measures 9 inches in its longest diameter, by 5% and 5, in its 
transverse dimensions. Ati is*rounded at its thicker extremity, 
smaller end, which is cbriaaty yramidal, with four sides. 
This is exhibited in fig, 2, where the stone rests on its side. 
Being an uncommonly fragile stone, the glazed coating had dis- 
appeared from the afgles and the ends of the mass, leaving not 
more than two-thirdg of the surface protected by the original 
crust, which is generally smooth, of a mottled aspect, the colors 
being black, white,‘and bluish gray, not unlike certain clouded 
marbles. The black portions are glossy and obsidian-like, the 
gray and white for the most part, dull, though the white 1s ga 
times shining and transparent like enamel on porcelain. 
traversed by frequent cracks or fissures, which penetrate for 
some distance into the stone; the walls of these fissures being 
themselves partially fused for a little way inward from the ex- 
terior 
