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22. Glassy, do. at do. in ery stals longitudinally striated, 
and transversely intersected by seams. They radiate from 
a centre ina stellated form, and are also variously grouped 
together. The lime in which it is imbedded is of a beauti- 
ful snowy whiteness, and very fine grained, having the ap- 
pearance of compact carbonate. Not far from it is the 
large grained limestone, which ata distance very much re- 
sembles loaf sugar. As it is so near this place, it could un- 
doubtedly be burnt to advantage, would some spirited 1 in- 
dividuals interest themselves in the undertaking. 
23. Glassy Actynolite, in flattened hexaedral prisms, of a 
dark green colour, longitudinally striated, associated with 
octaedral crystals of magnetic oxide of iron, at do. 
24, Talc, of that variety termed French chalk, occurs 
in considerable quantities at a steatite quarry in the neigh- 
bourhood of the limestone, mentioned above. Colour dirty 
white, and green of various shades. Much of the steatite 
appears to be passing into talc. Some of it contains but 
small quantities, some of it is composed one half, or two 
thirds of talc, and other masses have the two so intimately 
blended that it is difficult to distinguish them from each 
other. Judging from what presents itself here, one would 
not suppose that there could be much doubt respecting 
these two minerals belonging to the same species. 
25. Common Talc, with chlorite, near do. 
This State, so far as it has been examined, bears evident 
signs of being a magnesian district, and abounds with such 
minerals as are usually to be met with in those districts. 
Among these, no one is more abundant than that last men- 
tioned above; which has been observed ata majority of 
the localities that have been visited. That which occurs 
at Mansville, is probably not surpassed in beauty by any 
that has been found at home or abroad. At both of the 
Smithfield lime rocks, the silvery and white scaly varieties 
have been noticed, associated with the carbonate and mag- 
‘mesian carbonate of lime; the dark botile green at Foster; 
the common green and fibrous, at a number of steatite 
quarries.in North-Providence ; and several varieties at dif+ 
ferent spots in Johnson. 
_ Providence, R. I, March 27, 1824. 
