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times found pieces of native copper in 

 this flone at Gullo. 



SECT. CCLXIX. 



/. The Gronften of the Swedes. Saxum compo- 

 fitum mica et hornblende, Se£h lxxxviii. 



Its bafis is hornblende, interfperfed with 

 mica. It is of a dark green colour, and is 

 dug in feveral places in Smoland, where it 

 is employed in the iron furnaces as a flux 

 to the bog ore (Se£t. ccii.). It is alfo 

 found in other places, as at Rettw 7 ik in 

 Dalarne, and in the neighbourhood of fome 

 of the iron mines. 



SECT. CCLXX. 



K. The Granites. Saxum compojitum felt [pat 

 mica et quartzo, quibus accident aliter inter- 

 dum hornblende, fteatites, granatus et bafaU 

 tes immixti funt. 



Its principal conftituent parts are felt- 

 fpat, or rhombic quartz, mica, and quartz : 

 It is found 



1. Loofe or friable, Particulis ccnjlans pa- 

 rum coherentibus. 



This is ufed at the brafs works to caft 

 the brafs in, and comes from France. 



2. Hard and compact, Granites durus, 

 a. Red. 



j . Fine-grained, from Swappawari at 



Tornea in Lapland 



2. Coarfe- grained, from Rifpbergs 



Klack, in the province of Dalarne. 



h. Grey, with many and various colours, 



found on the coaft round Stockholm 



and Norland, The 



