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are put are numerous and varied, and, according to tradition, the 

 island possessed at one time great mineral wealth, but there are now 

 few indications of the presence of ore of any description in quality 

 or quantity sufficient to encourage systematic mining operations. 



The following are among the principal products of the rocks of 

 Cyprus : — 



Formation, 



Teypanian Limestone 

 (Cretaceous) . 



Igneous Kocks. 



KythrjEan Series 

 (Eocene). 



Gkey Marls 

 (Oligocene). 



White Tabular Marls 

 (Oligocene). 



Pliocene and 



Pleistocene. 



Products. 



Marble of various kinds, formerly used by the ancients 



in their temples and palaces. 

 Lime, produced at Kythrsca, Dikomo, Kazaphain, etc. 

 Clay, used tor covering the flat roofs of the native houses. 



Copper, according to tradition. The only mine no\v 



working is at Lymni, in the Paphos District. 

 Iron pyrites in abundance. 

 Asbestos, among the serpentines of Troodos. 

 Puzzolana. 

 Terre verte. 

 Alum. 



Pottery earth. 



Gems, rock crystal or ' Papho diamonds.' 

 Eoad-metal, etc. 



Building-stone. In some localities a clay is found con- 

 taining a small percentage of carbon. 



Gypsum, for plaster of Paris. 



Alabaster and selenite. 



' Marmoras ' or paving slabs. 



Sulphur. 



Athienou stone, tor fire bricks, hearthstones, domestic 



utensils of various kinds. 

 Flint, for ' dhoukanis, ' a species of threshing implement. 

 Terra umbra. 

 Building -stone. 

 Eoad-metal, etc. 

 Mineral springs are also found issuing from these marls 



impregnated with sulphur. 



Building-stone, etc. 



Salt, from the salt lakes of Larnaca and Limassol. 



The alluvial deposits of the Mesaoria are remarkable 

 for their depth and loamy character, constituting a soil 

 of great fertility, and eminently suited for the culti- 

 vation of cereals, etc. 



I?, E "V I E "W" s. 



I. — PALi?:0NT0GRAPHICAL SoCIETY OF LONDON, Vol. LVIII. IsSUed 



for 1904. (London : printed for the Palseontographical Society ; 

 agents, Dulau & Co. ; December, 1904.) Containing 28 pages 

 of introductory matter, and — 



