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All thefe Stones are more or lets tranfpatent : 
The following are all opaque : 
Th cCafs-Eye, brown. 
The red Jafper , called alfo thick Cornelian , is of 
the Colour of red Ochre. 
The Jet , black* 
Agates, are of various Sorts. 
The Blood-Stone, is green, veined or fpotted with 
red and white. 
The Onyx-, confifts of different parallel Strata , 
moftly white and black. 
The Sardonyx , of feveral Shades df brown and 
white* 
Th zAgat Onyx, of two or tdott Strata of white* 
either opaque or tranfparent. 
Alab after, different Strata of White and Yellow* 
like the Agate-Onyx , but all opaque. 
The Toad's-Eye 9 black. 
The Turquoife , of a yellowifh Blue inclining to 
green. 
Lapis-Lazuli , is of a fine deep Blue* 
Of moft of the Species before-mentioffd there are 
fome of an inferior Clafs and Beauty* Thefe are 
commonly called by Jewellers Occidental Stones : 
They are moftly the Produce of Europe , and found 
in Mines or Stone-Quarries j and are fo named, in 
Oppofition to thofe of a higher Clafs, which are al- 
ways accounted Oriental, and fuppofed to be only 
produced in the more Eaftern Parts of our Conti- 
nent, 
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