Ancient Catalogue of Objects of Natural History, 289 



Ores of Metals. 



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267. Copper ore, from Nyamesis, near Merimancke River, thirty- 

 miles from Boston. 



268. A copper ore, green and shining. 



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274. A rich iron ore from Pettiquamscutt. 



275. Iron ore from near Providence, called bogg ore. 



276. A sort of haematites from the upper lands above New Haven. 



277. Loadstone from near Acqunck. 



278. A bright natural steel ore, very magnetic. 

 280. Steel ore from near Tantinsquese. 



286. A brownish, flakey iron ore, from the banks of Hartford riv- 

 ulet. 



289. A dark iron stone resembling iEtites, 



293. Small smooth stones like vetches, from the bottom of Merimanke 

 River, c. ^ . 



295. A gold talc, c. ^ , from Connecticut. 



303. A greenish and black stone, c. ^ and 21- 



304. A mineral sand from Concord, in New England, c. ^ and ^. 



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 306. Tin ore near Lyme. 



[Nos. 307 to 318 are only sand and spar c. ^.] 



l2, &c. 



319. Fine lead from the upland parts. 



320. Fine black lead c. -^ of C , from Tantinsquese ; which makes 

 fine furnaces and crucibles. 



321. Spar, in which the black lead grows. 



323. A sort of bismuth, from Hudson's River above New York. 



Marcasites, (Pyrites.) 



327. Fragments of greenish sulphureous marcasite, from Mount Tom 

 and Holyoke, each side Connecticut River. 



329. A rich marcasite of <C . 



330. A marcasite of 9 , near Mendum. 



331. Cubic marcasites c. (C. 



333. Marcasites from among the black lead, from Tantinsquese. 

 N. B. One sort of pyrites always relents in moist air. 

 340. Pyrites c. 9 ■> ffom Acqunck-hill. 



345. Black and white speckled metallic stones, from a pond's side in 

 Fisher's Island. 



