i84 
Bornii, 
'Jemticum^ 
ipato-utn. 
(opasinum. 
•eemeum^ 
argillosum. 
cDtiamm, 
iteatiticum. 
EARTHS. AGGREGATE. 6o. GndfTum. 
Confifling of quartz, mica, and alumina. 
Gneiffuin. Born, ind.fifi. i. p. ijj, z. p. 147. 
2. Saxiim cociculare. Sat. nat. xii. 3. p. 74. ». 12.' 
Argillaceous fliiRus. Sc/meiJ/er mineral. 1. p.^12. 
Argillaceous fhillus. Tho/nfcn chm. S^. p 132. 
Found in the metallic mountains of Hungary, Bohemia, Saxeap, 
and Snvedsn; the variety z) is often ufed as a whetftone to 
fharpen fcythes and large inllruments. 
Confiding of quartz, mica, and fleatite. 
Edel/. nonj.Mi. Stotih. 1784. p. 93. 
Found in the higher mountains of Jemtia, and differs a little 
from others of its genus in gradually mouldering away when 
expofed to the atmofphere. 
Confiding of quartz, fliorl, and feldfpar. 
Anon. chem. annal, 1783. 2. p. 23, 
Found near Halkcndorf in Saxony. 
Confiding of quartz, diorl, and topaz. 
Topas felf U'erni'- CiaJJtf. /. 15. fell. 18. 
Found at Schneekendein near Auerback in Voigtland, 
Confiding.of quartz, and hornblend. 
Talcum iameliare. Syst. nat. xii. 3. 53. n. 8. 
Corneus rigidus. Wall. fjl. i. p. 358. n. 2. 
Hornblend Ihiftus. Schmeiffer mineral, t./, 311. 
Schiftofe hornblend. Kimuan mineral, x.p.zzz. 
Hornblende date, fameifon mineral, i. ^ 363. 
Found at Port fey in Scotland i Saxony, Normaay, and Snxiedent 
colour between greenifh and raven black, and gives a green- 
iih-grey ftreak : texture radiate, and breaking into indeter- 
minate fragments; is hardidi, and frequently found mixed 
with fmall particles of mica or garnets. 
Confiding of quartz, and alumina. 
T. Fichtel Karpath. p. 275. 
Found in the Carpathic mountains. 
Confiding of alumina, and mica. 
Saxum fchiftofum. Syft. nat. xii. 3. p. 79. n. 34. 
Saxum, fchillo, &c. Wall./yst. i. p. 417, n. il. 
Found in Norway and Sweden, hardilh, melting in the £re, 
and is ufed by the inhabitants to polidi fteel inftruments : 
probably not of this genus. 
Confiding of fteatite, and mica. 
Schneiderilein. Cronti. miner, fe^. 263, 5. 
Found in the mountains of Norway, S-weden, Hungary, &e. 
feft, and is ufed for the walls of melting furnaces, and when 
feparated into thin plates, for the covering of houles : proba- 
bly not of this genus. 
