Of Tin, Lead, and Iron. Part III. 
Hand. Almoft of a Brick-colour, or that of the Colcothar 
of Vitriol. 
IPvON BALLS, about the bignefs of Mufquet Bullets. 
Made by the rowling of Iron-Sand off the Banks among 
the Iron-Mines near Senneck, efpecially after rain. 
TWO BONES, ( part of a Mans Foot ) turnd into 
Iron-Stone. 
A Piece of Drop-Stone turn d to Iron. 
An IRON ORE rifing near the Silver-Mines (in Wales.) 
In fome parts of a brown Cinnabar-colour, and mixed with 
Slate. The Loadftone takes up little Corns of it no bigger 
than Sand. 
An odd IRON ORE, fcarce fixable. In a white Spar, 
almoft like a Calcedony, hard enough to cut Glafs. 
A fort of BLACK CAULE, holding IRON. Yet fo 
little,that the Loadftone will not take up any part of it,bigger 
than Pins head. It hath a black, fhining, and very crofs 
Grain 3 with white Spar interfpers'd, which cuts Glafs. 
Another IRON-SPAR, confiding of little white and um- 
ber-colour'd Columns, laid together crofs- ways. 
• An IRON BODY, that rubs away in gloffy Duft 5 
with part of its Wall, ( a brown Spar) in which it lay 
inclos'd. 
A Piece of the OLD CYNDER, which now they ufe 
as a Flux for the Iron Ore 3 fomewhat bubly. From the Iron- 
Mines in Monmouth. 
Another, from the Forreji of Dean, by Sir John Hoskins. 
Tis run into Styriae, fomewhat like thofe of Ice, brittle,pon- 
derous, opacous, gloffy, and of the colour of the courfeft 
fort of Crocus Metallorum. 
A Vitrify 'd Cynder, of no ufe 3 like a piece of courfe green 
Glafs. 
An IRON STONE, with a Spar, on one fide, confiding 
of pellucid fquares 3 on the other, of white flakes fet crofs- 
ways, almoft at right Angles one againft another. 
A Piece of RUSMA or crude Zemick., almoftof the 
colour of Crocus Metallorum, or fome forts of the Hema- 
tites. Given by Mr. Lannoy, a Conful at Smyrna. 
See a very good Account of the Iron-Mines, and Iron- 
Works in the Forreji of Dean. Communicated by Henry 
Powle Efq, and by Me publiflied in the Philofoph. Tranf 
affiions. 
