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they may be diftinguifhed from other flints, 

 except that they may be more eafily melted in 

 the fire •, and this quality perhaps may proceed 

 from forne heterogeneous mixture, probably 

 of iron. 

 i. Pure jafper, Jafpis pur us. 



Which by no means yet known can be 



decompounded. 

 . a. Green with red fpecks or dots, the 

 Heliotrope, or blood-ftone, from Egypt, 



b. Green, from Bohemia. 



c. Red, Diajpro rojjb It a lor urn. 



d. Yellow. 



e. Red with yellow fpots and veins, Diaf- 

 pro flcrido of Sicily, Spain, andCon- 

 flantinople. 



/. Black, from Finland, and Nefkott, 

 in the province of Jemtland. 



SECT. LXV. 



2, jafper containing iron, Jafpis martialls^ 

 Simple* 

 yl. Coarfe grained. 



a. Red and reddifh brown, Sinopk, from 

 the Hungarian gold mines. 

 Jk Steel grained, or fine grained. 



a. Reddifh brown, from Altenberg, in 

 Saxony i looks like the red ochre or 

 chalk- ufed for drawing, and has par- 

 tition veins, which are unctuous to. the 

 touch, like a fine clay, and other like 

 kinds. 

 C. Of a folic! ancl fhining texture, like a 



flag. ' • 



• §. Lyver-coloureci, and 



h Deep red. Botl* tfrefe are :bund a. 



Lang- 



