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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



1. Foliated Talc. 



2. Foliated Gypsum. 



3. Foliated Mica. 



4. Calcareous spar, distinctly 



foliated. 



5. Fluor, distinctly foliated. 



6. Apatite. 



7. Sodalite, vitreous Actyno- 



lite, from Grainer, in Ty- 

 rol, and light greenish 

 gray, fresh and large fo- 

 liated Scapolite, from A- 

 rendahl, which is very 

 common. 



8. Adularia. 



9. Rock, or mountain crystal. 



10. Topas. 



11. Corund, foliated. 



12. Diamond. 



" Characteristic of the Classes and Orders of Minerals 

 of Breithaupt." 



It is not my intention to enhance the value of this 

 work beyond its merits. I only offer it as something 

 superior to the characteristic of Shepard. 



FIRST CLASS — SALTS. 



Common lustre. 

 H ; from J to 4§. 

 G ; 0, 9 to 4. 



Soluble on the tongue, with salty, alkaline and sweet 

 taste, or only aqueous cooling. 



SECOND CLASS— STONES. 



Common lustre. 

 H ; from \ to 12. 

 G; 1, 8 to 8, 1. 



