EARTHS. TALCOSE. 5. Hornblenda. 69 
"kittens. Of a glafly luftre, feniitranfparent, hardifh, fomewhat 
fibrous. 
2. In elongated 6-fided prifms, having the 2 oppofite edges trun- 
cated. 
G1 fl) Aflinolite. Kir’wan mineral- 1. p. 168. 
y itreous llnated (horl. Schmei^er mineral. 1. /- 207. 
Malacolite. Thomfo 's chemijlty, ^ p 597. 
Found on the Ifland of Sky in Scotland, near Allemont in Dau^ 
phigne, and in the ■lyii.tr-fe mourit->ins, in folid mafl'es, and 
cryftal zed in 6 iidcd prilint : colour leek-green with a lilvery 
luftre, or with a yellowjfh ftajn, or brownilh red ; it breaks 
longitudinally into long fliarp fpliptery fragments, difcover- 
ing its clofcly adheting quadrangular or hcxangular fibre* ; 
contains fjlica 72, o. magnefia 1 z, 7. carbonate of lime 6,0, 
alumina 2, o. o-xyde of iron 7, 3. Bergman. 
5. HORNBLENDA. Confifting of carbonate of 
magnefia, an equal portion of oxyde ol iron, 
and a nearly equal quantity of carbonate of lime; 
foft, opake, generally of a dull colour, leaving a 
flreak, lamellous, breaking into indeterminate 
fragments: m.elting in the fire, with ebullition, 
into a black opake globule. 
’^nlgarit. With hardly any luftre, of a dull colour when broken 
in any dirtdtion, and exhibiting lamellar pieces or 
rays. 
Talcum Corneus. SyJ!. nat. xii. 3 p. 53. ». 9. 
H ornblende. Kirovan mineral, i. 71.213. 
Common Hornblende. Sc hmeiffer mineral. \.p. iHo. 
Common Hornblende. Thccmfoi't chemifiry, 3 7 542, 
Fouiod in Srweden, Saxony, Peitugal, Bohemia, and jnoft Eu- 
ropean m iuntains, In folid mafles, interfperfed with other 
ftones; fomotimes pryllallizcd in 6 or 8-fiaed prifms s it is 
always either radiated or fo'iatcd, and the cryilals are tranf- 
verfely ffriated : colour dull green or blackilh : fraflure 
llraight, or curved, or divergiiigly ftrjate : contains filica 
37. alumina 27, iron 25. lime 5. magnefia 3. Thi’infon, 
k^radorica Subopake, with a little luftre, in curved lamellar pieces, 
which when broken dil'covers a coppery-black inter- 
nal furface. 
Labradore Hornblende. Kirnuan mineral. \,p. 221. 
Labradore Hornblende. Scbmojjer mineral, i. p, 182. 
