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EARTHS. CALCAREOUS, ly. Marmor, 
Carbonat of lime. Thomfon them. 3. p. 607. 
Marbles. SchmeiJJer mineral, l. 
1. Of one uniform colour. 
Rufous. Numidian. 
Flefh-colour. 
Red. 
Cinnamon. Marme canello. 
Yellow. Phengites, 
Palo yellow. Pohmlrina antico. 
Grey. BardiUio. Venetian. 
Blue. Of Chios and P^arbon, 
Green, Verdello. 
Livid. Pardalian. 
2, Variegated. Sonx'trbj Brit, mineral, l, tab. 7 Q. 
With bands. 
ftri®. 
lines. Marn,w feritta. 
veins. 
the colours gradually running into eaph otlier, 
fgotted. Brocaiello. 
ocellatcd. Qcchio diparone. 
dotted. 
powdered. Jdarmo polverojo. 
White. African, 
Black. Canary. 
Yellow, Porta fanta. 
Purplifli. Lesbian. 
Greet!. Lacedemonian, 
Forms ftratarial mountairrs in alinoft every part of the globe, 
exhibiting innumerable varieties of colour and dcpiclment: 
it is more or lefa loaded with petrifattions, pitrticularly of the 
teftaceous kind j burns into very good lime, and is chiefly 
ufed in fculpture and collly buildings. 
Subopake, compaft, of a fplintery fratfliire, receiving an 
indifferent if any polilh, and of a viler colour. 
Calcareus foiidur. Waller fyfi. mtn. i. p. 119 n. i. 
Compaftlimeftonc. Kit ’wan mineral. 1.^. 80. 82. 
Corapaft limeftonc, Thomfon chem 3. 608. 
Common limeilone. SchsnesJJer mines-al.Up. 21;. 
Found in vail mountainous maiTes, fonietimes in rounded lumps, 
as at Aberthanu in Glamorganjkire, fometimes on the beach iu 
the form of Ihingles: colour greyilh, blueifli, blackilh, 
fometimes cream-colour, fledi. colour or yellowilh, often witfi 
fcveral colours mixed: difiers from the marbles only in cq., 
lour and polilh, and is the materia! every where ufed fa? 
burning into lime. 
