BUILDING AND ORNAMENTAL STONES. 629 



Limestone. Nearly white; coarse; cellular. From quarries at Calatayud, Saragossa 

 Province. Spanish Centennial Commissson, 1876. 27686. 



Dark gray; compact. Locality, etc., same as ahove. 2769L. 



White; semi-crystalline. From quarries at Alhama, Saragossa Province. 



Spanish Centennial Commission, 1876. 27764. 



Compact ; dark gray. 6-inch cube. Murcia, Murcia Province. Spanish Cen- 



tennial Commission, 1876. 27773. 



Chalk. From quarries at Calatayud, Saragossa Province. Spanish Centen- 



nial Commission, 1876. 27685. 

 Gypsum. Compact ; gray. From quarries at Ricla, Saragossa Province. Spanish 

 Centennial Commission, 1876. 27768. 



Compact ; dark gray. Locality, etc., same as above. 27687. 



Alabaster ; pure white ; translucent. Locality, etc., same as above. 27699. 



Alabaster ; white. From quarries at Saragossa, Saragossa Province. Span- 



ish Centennial Commission, 1876. 27701. 



Alabaster; pure white; translucent. 7^ by 7| by 1 inches. From quarries in 



the province of Guadalajara. American Institute Mining Engineers, 1886. 

 34535. 



Compact ; blue-gray and yellowish gray, mottled. From Murcia, Murcia Pro- 



vince. Spanish Centennial Commission, 1886. 27705. 

 Shell limestone. Coarse ; light buff. Murcia, Murcia Province. Spanish Centen- 

 nial Commission, 1876. 27703. 



Coarse and friable ; light colored. Locality, etc., same as above. 27772. 



Fine ; light colored ; cellular. Murcia, Murcia Province. Centennial, 1876. 



27771. 

 Calcareous sandstone. Very light brown ; fine ; cellular. Locality, etc., as above. 



27716. 

 < Light colored. Locality, etc., same as above. 27769. 



Fine; light yellow. 6-inch cube. Murcia, Murcia Province. Spanish Cen- 



tennial Commission, 1876. 27776. 



Light pinkish ; cellular. 5-inch cube. Santa Maria, Oveido Province. Span- 



ish Centennial Commission,. 1876. 27715. 

 Dolomite. Coarse; drab. Spanish Centennial Commission, 1876. 27777.' 

 Calcareous tufa. Yellowish ; compact but cellular. 6-inch cube. Locality, etc., 



as above. 27704. 

 Sandstone. Green; colored by copper oxide. San Romando Morrano, Huesca Pro- 

 vince. Spanish Centennial Commission, 1876. 27702. 



Slato. Blue-black. 25083. 



(7) Africa. 



ALGERIA. 



Marble. " Jaune antique dor6." Yellow and yellow pink-spotted. Two specimens. 

 Slab 12 by 12 by $ inches. Western Algeria, E. Fritsch, New York, 1886. 

 38440. 



** Paonazzo rosso." Dull red. Slab 12 by 12 by f inches. Western Algeria. E. 



Fritsch, New York, 1886. 38441. 



''Jaune chiaro ondatd." Yellowish; red veined. Slab 12 by 12 by £ inches. 



Western Algeria. E. Fritsch, New York., 1886. 38442. 



" Jaune roseV' Yellowish ; red veined. Slab 12 by 12 by £ inches. Western Al- 



geria. E. Fritsch, New York, 1886. 38443. 



"Rose clare." Light-rose tinted. Slab 12 by 12 by 1 inches. Western Alge- 



ria. E. Fritsch, New York, 1887. 33839. 



