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Sp*ecies of Minerals. 



The MINERi^l are divided into three Orders^ 

 I. SALIA. Salts or Chryftals. 

 13. NiTRUM. Nitre. 9 fpecies* 

 a. Saline. 

 I. Nativum ; Native Salt Petre. 



b» Quartzofc^ 



2. Chfyftallos montana; 



Mountain Chryjlal. 



3. Fluor ; Coloured Chry- 



fial : from the va- 

 rieties of which are 



the true Hyacinth^ 

 the falfe T opaz^ 

 Ruhy^ Amethyft^ 

 Sapphire.^ Beryl^ E- 

 merald. 



c. Calcareous. 



5. Truncatum j Hexago- I 8. Suillum-, Sparry Swine 

 nal^ truncated Spar, \ Stone* 



14. Natrum. Natron. 14 fpecies. 



a. Saline. 



J. Antiquorum ; Native^ 



mineral Alkali, 

 2,'Muxon\m',Jp^ronitrum, 



3. Fontanum j Epfom 

 Salt. 



b. Lapidofe, 



6. Criftatum ; Spatofe^ 

 decaedrous Natron* 



S. Glaciale, Gypfeous^pel- 

 lucid, fuftform Na- 

 tron. 



9. Selenites $ Selenite \ 

 rhombic Natron. 



13, Hyodon ; Pyramidal^ 

 or D^g- - tooth 

 Spar. 



15. Borax. 



