EARTHS. TALCOSE. 3. Afbeftus, 
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Common Afbeftus, ‘Ihomfins chemifiry, p. 
Found in Sihria, Lapland, Snueden, SiMa, Saxony, Franconia, 
and lyrol, generally in wedge- rtiaped pieces: colour green or 
grey; its furface can be feratched with a kniie, and is not 
altered by fire: it melts with borax into a white glafly mafs: 
contains filica 63,9. carbonate of magnefia t6, o. carbonate 
of lime 12,8. oxyde of iron 6, o. alumina l,i. Bergm. 
*ortutt:us. Harder, with tortuous, rigid, clpfely united, fafciclcd fi- 
bres. 
Amiantas Solidns. nat, xii. 3. A 57 ' ®* ’®' 
Afbeftus folidus. Wall. Jill- i./i. 398. 
Found in Snueden, in tue Norhurg quars. 
^»ier. 
L 
Caro. 
B. /Fith the fibres interwoven, and breaking into ohttifan- 
gled fragments. 
Flexible, refembling cork, imbibing water with a noife, 
adhering to the tongue. 
Amiantus corticofus, Sjtl. nat. xii. 5. /. 56. n. 7, 
A/beiius fibris flexilibus. Wall./yp. l. 400, 
Mountain cork. Sebmeiffer mineral. \ .f. 202, 
Suber montanum, Kirn.van mineral, i. jH. 163. 
Elallic Afbeftus. Fhomfods chemiftry, 5.^. 594. 
Found in the mines of Sweden, Sacony, Hungary, Sec. contain- 
ing often filver ores, in thick compaft pieces : colour white, 
reddifh-white, cinereous, greenifti, or yellowifh : the fibres 
arefo confufedly interwoven with each other, and fometiines 
fo fubtily as to be diftinguiilied with difficulty : it is very 
light, dry and elaftic, and yields to the preflure of the nail ; 
contains filica 56, 2. carbonate of magnefia 26, i. carbo- 
nate of lime 12,7. iron 3,0. alumina 2,0. Bergman. 
Refembling wood in colour and texture, 
l.igniform Afbeftus. Kirwan mineral. 1. p. 161. 
Mountain wood. Schmeljftr mineral. I.^. 205. 
Ligniform Afbeftus. ‘Thomfiifschemlftry, 3. p. 597. 
Found at Clau/en, in Tyrol: colour brown, and if broken acrofs 
difeoversan irregular filamentous ftrnflure, l;fce wood. 
Flexible, floating, in thick lamellar pieces, 
Amiant. corticof. flexilis. Syft. nat. xii. 3. fn. 56, n. 8. 
Mountain Leather. Schmeijfer mineral, l. p. 293. 
Found in the iron mines of Swiedcn, in pieces of the thicknefs 
and confiftence of tanned horfes’ fbin : colour whittih, the 
outer furface often confiftingof very thin fhort crowded ereft 
hairs, over which is a black unequal membrane. ft has the 
appearance of a bornblend, but is immediately iliftinguifhed 
by Its foftnefs ard colour : contains filica 56, 2. alumina 2,0. 
jnagnefia z6, i. carbonate of li:ne tz, 7. iron 3,0, SchmriP, 
