392 Scientific Proceedings, Royal Dublin Society. 



GREY MARBLES. 



[Grey marbles are recorded from the following counties : — Armagh, Carlow, Cork, 

 Cralway, Kerry, Kilkenny, King's Co., Limerick, Longford, Tipperary, Waterford, 

 and Westmeath. They might be procured in different other places if there was a 

 demand for them, hut only those with peculiarities are much sought after. Many of 

 the so-called reds are more properly clouded greys.] 



Armagh. 

 In the famous quarry for "reds," the .so-called "white marble" 

 is a very light, whitish grey. 



Carlow. 

 In the Clogrenan quarry there is a crinoidal, fossiliferous 

 stone, somewhat like the famed Clonmacnoise stone, in the King's 

 County. 



Cork. 



The stone at Midleton, although in general classed as one of 

 the " reds," is more properly a variegated or clouded grey. 



GaLWAY. 



At Angliham, three miles north of Gal way, one of the beds 

 worked in the " Black Marble Quarry" is a dark-grey. Near 

 Angliham, in Terrylaw, to the N. N. W. of Mr. Carter's house, 

 there is a handsome grey spotted and speckled stone. This has 

 not been worked as a marble, but a polished specimen is in the 

 Museum, Queen's College, Galway. 



About three miles from Ballinasloe is a superior dark-grey 

 stone, capable of being raised in very large blocks and of receiving 

 a fine polish. It was extensively used in Lady Burdett Coutts' 

 markets, London, at East Grinstead, Covent, Chester, &c. 



Yarious grey stones of the Burren type, in other places in this 

 county, are suitable for marble, if there was a demand for " greys." 



Kerry. 

 In this county trials have been made on " greys," which have 

 been found very good ; but on account of their distances from the 

 market, and from the fact that stones of this colour are not much 

 in request, they have not been utilized, except locally. In colour 

 they vary from a clouded light tint, or nearly white, to dark and 

 blackish. 



