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XXXVII.— IRISH MARBLES AND LIMESTONES. By G. H. 

 KINAHAN, M.R.I. A., Etc. 



[Bead, November 17, 1886.] 



CONTENTS. 



PAGEK- 



Introduction : Marbles, Limestones, Cretaceous, Lias, Trias, 

 Permian, Carboniferous, Silurian, Ordovician, Cambrian, 

 Lime, Hydraulic limestone, Plaster of Paris, . . . 373-381 



Marbles : Carboniferous. Red and variegated — Armagh, Clare, 

 Cork, Dublin, Kerry, Kildare, Limerick, Longford, Tip- 

 perary. Black — Carlow, Donegal, Fermanagh, Galway, 

 Kerry, Kilkenny, Limerick, Mayo, Monagban, Sligo, Tip- 

 perary, Waterford. Grey — Armagh, Carlow, Cork, Galway, 

 Kerry, Kilkenny, King's County, Limerick, Longford, 

 Tipperary, Waterford, Westnieath. Various coloured — 

 Clare, Donegal, Fermanagh, King's County, Tipperary, . 381-395- 



Metamorphic Rocks : Metamorphic limestones. White and 

 red — Donegal, Galway, Louth. Sienna-coloured — Donegal, 

 Galway. Black — Donegal, Londonderry, . . . 395-399 



Methylotic Limestones and Dolomytes 

 gated — Galway, .... 



Green and varie- 



400-404 



Methylotic Exotic Rocks : Dark-green and variegated Ophytes — 

 Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Tyrone, "Waterford, -Wexford and 

 "Wicklow. Eklogyte — Galway, Mayo, Sligo. Steatyte, or 

 Soapstone — Donegal, Galway, Mayo, "Wicklow. Pyro- 

 phyllyte, or Camstone — Cork, Donegal, .... 404-412 



Limestone Quarries : Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Clare 

 Cork, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway. 

 Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, King's County, Leitrim 

 Limerick, Londonderry, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath 

 Monaghan, Queen's County, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary 

 Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow, . 412-444 



