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TAB. CCCLXXXI. 



BARYTES sulphata. 

 Sulphate of Barytes. 



Div. 2. Imitative, Stalactitical. 



These crystals of Sulphate of Barytes are placed upon 

 their acute edges j they are for the most part extremely 

 flat, so that the column is as it were lost in flatness, 

 and the form is in some parts less easily understood, as 

 they are crowded very much, and strangely grouped into 

 hanging and curving forms, and each individual crystal is a 

 little rounded. The present specimen is, I believe, as rare as 

 it is curious, as we could less expect a heavy substance 

 like this to have such an appearance among the groups. 

 Some have an apt resemblance to a parcel of petals, giving 

 the appearance of a corolla or flower. See the lower Jigure. 

 We need not wonder perhaps at any general appearance 

 of this substance, when we see how it sports here j yet it is 

 necessary to know that it has many odd appearances which 

 might be attributed to something else. 



TAB. CCCLXXXII. 



Stalactitical Sulphate of Barytes, as far as we know, 

 has not been observed by any author. I have therefore 

 introduced it as one of the curiosities that was in Mr. Day's 



