EARTHS. CALCAREOUS. 17. Marmor. 91 
Found in ancient primitive mountains, in vaft ftrata, and with 
rarely the veftiges of animal bodies, m hnlaiid, itaxonjj 
Sv.eden, Bohemia, near Carrara, in the iflands Parot and 
Jniiparoi, and moil mountainous countries, and js frequently 
the material of ancient buildings: fometinies it contains a 
portion of quartz, io that it effervefees flowly vvi^ acids, and 
ftrikes fire with fteel : when broken it is a little Aiming, and 
has a lamellar grained texture. 
}ho,phort. Compaa, diaphanous fnowy, emitting light in the dark 
aw. when nibbed together. 
Crayiion Cat. Miner. Call. Naxar. Rom. l. p- 1 16, 157. 
Found in primitive Arata in the mountains Fejaviiu and U^a- 
iano, and nearly diAbIvcs in nitric acid with a ftrong efter- 
vefccnce. If rubbed together in the dark, or 'hrow.' in the 
foim of powder upon heated iron, it emus a phofphorefccnt 
light. 
Effervefeing flowly with acids, covering itfelf with a vi- 
treous coating in the fire. 
Saujfurc yourn. PhyJ. 179 *‘ '• f' 
Dolomite. Khnuan miner, i. /i. ill. 
Dolomite, ^homfoo chemijlry, % p.bog. , n. „ 
Found in the lyrolefe mountains, with hardly any lultre or 
tranfparcncy, and breaking into convex fragments, doss not 
moulder by expofure ro the atmoipheric air : contains carbo- 
nate of lime 4,429. alumina 0,586. magnena 1,4. iron 
0,074. carbonic acid gas 4,61. 
‘hasticum. Elaftic, yellowifh-whltc, emitting a phofphorefccnt light 
when thrown on red hot iron. 
Tkurian. Journ. Phyf 1792- 
ElaAic marble. JLirnuan mineral. I.^, 113. 
Found on Mount Ga/Wif in Snvitxerland, in large maffes : lur- 
face rough and uneven ; Aightly Aexible and evidently el^ic 
when its length exceed^ it or 12 times its thickneis : eiE*r- 
vefees and diAbives very Aowly with acids: contains carbo- 
nate of lime 0,322. alumina and iron 0,175. mica 0,003. 
magnefia 0,035 carbonic apid gas 4,638. 
'l^arnovtm. Granular, compaft, fcaly. 
Lap, calcar, part, iquam. Cranjl. min. feSl. 9, J . 
Schuphichtekalltftein. Ilo/eerih. Br. Sieb. z, p. _ 
Found in Grapeniury, Finland, and S-weden, coiiAituting the 
principal part of Ample mountains, and containing no velti- 
"es of living bodies; "colour white, or reddiAi-ycllow ; pro-' 
duces an indifferent quicklime. 
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