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MINERALOprCAL QUERIES, 



30. Does the serpentine of the islands of Unst 

 and Fetlar, belong to the first or to the second 

 serpentine formation ? 



As a great proportion of this serpentine is the 

 precious sub-species, it may, notwithstanding its 

 great extent and breadth in these islands, be found 

 to belong to the first or oldest formation, 



31. Does the rock of the Hill of Kinnoul, near 

 Perth, belong to the flcetz-trap or to the new- 

 est floetz-trap formation ? 



32. Is the mountain of Cairnsmuir, in Galloway, 

 composed of the oldest granite ? 



33. What are the extent, and particular geo- 

 gnostic relations, of the black pitchstone of 

 Eskdale-muir in Dumfriesshire ? 



As this pitchstone lies over transition rocks, 

 and is associated with clinkstone, it would ap- 

 pear to belong to the newest floetz-trap forma- 

 tion 



34. Does the black pitchstone of the Cheviot 



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* Vid, ^ Mineralogy of Dumfriesshire/* 



