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15. 
Notice of Oriental Minerals. 
From the Island of Milo. 
A beautiful soft tertiary limestone, with Pectens, 
Obsidian, good ; a pebble. 
Sandstone. 
From Santorini. 
White trachyte, with specks of black mica; strong marks 
of fusion. 
16. 
From Paros and Antiparos, 
Calc-spar, very good. 
From Eubea. 
. Red jasper; near Chalcis. 
. Mass of quartz, with garnets ; near Chalcis, 
. Compact deep green talc ; near Chalcis. 
. Compact deep green epidote; near Chalcis, 
. Hornblende rock ; near Chalcis, 
From Athens. 
. Red porphyry. 
. Red calc-spar. 
. Red compact limestone. Mars Hill. 
. White saccharoid limestone. Parthenon, 
From Tenos. 
. Compact deep green talc ; same as 19, 
. Epidote, crystallized in quartz. 
28. 
Serpentine, golden yellow color, with dark spots, probably 
ehromiferous iron. 
29. 
30. 
Mass of epidote, garnet and quartz. 
From Smyrna and Gulf of Smyrna, 
Calcareous deposit in distinct layers, two inches thick, like 
stalactite, nearly filling an ancient water pipe, made of baked earth 
resembling tiles: a portion of the pipe four inches long still remains 
attached to the deposit, and retains its form curved. 
36. 
. Siliceous deposit in distinct layers; near Vourla. 
. Compact limestone, Sahib Island. 
. Dark porphyry. Sahib Island. 
. Porous inflated lava. Sahib Island, 
. Brittle lignite. Sedicui. 
From Elba. 
Granite ; feldspar white ; quartz gray; mica black. Whole 
island said to be of the same rock. 
37. 
Granite, with garnets, 
