EARTHS. AGGREGATE. 62. Amygdalites. 
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Achates. Rumpb. tnuf- tah 56. /. A— D. 
Agate. Schmciffer mtneral. l. p.tlj, 
1. The cnnftitaent parts difpofed in alternate ftraight, rarely un- 
dulate, bands differing in col jur. 
Fandachat. Karjien Lejke miner, l.p. 139. 
Striped Jafper. Kirwan miner, i. p. 312. 
Jaiper Agate. Jameijln miner. 1. p. 242. 
2. Compoled of fragments angularly cruftofe. 
Vellungfachat. '^Karjien l.cji.e miner. \ . 
3. With figures rcfcrabling lanJlcapcs. 
Landfchaftfathat. KttrUen Lejke miner. 1. 145. 
4. Tn psinted annulations of dlfTefcnt colours. 
Ringachat. JCarlien LeJLe ?mner. j.p. 143. 
5. With figures rcfembling niofs. 
Moofachrt. Ka-rjien Lejke miner- i. p. 1 43. 
6. With figu es refenibling llellar dots. 
Stcniachat. Kur'.len Leike miner, i. jS. 146. 
Found in infinite varietietr of proportion and d ftribution of 
parts, tinge of co’oiirs, hardnei's and lullre, in Britain, Ceylon, 
and moll parts of Europe, lometimes detached, fometimes im- 
bedded in clay, rarely in veins or a ftaladlitical form, and 
is ufed for rings, ornament.', arid the decoration of nobler 
edifices. 
62, AMYGDALITES. Confiding of various 
roiintied or elliptical dones of different fizes, 
imbedded together, and forming an Irregular 
mad; occurring principally in mountains of a 
later date, and generally mouldering when ex- 
pofed to the air. Almond-JioneT 
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.A. IViih a talcoje baje. 
^^'Tticus. Confiding of deatite, and horndone. 
Storr Aipenr. 2. p. 214. 
Found iti Dc/piner Alp in the country of the Grifons, pale green, 
the hornftone grey. 
^'‘''nacum. Gompofed of deatite, and barytes. 
Gtlllein. Storr Aipenr, 2, p-S^’ 5 ^‘ 
Found in the valley IJrfexen, vtdiere the inhabitants, after cut- 
ting it into thick plates, make kilns of it: colour greenilh- 
grey, the barytes grey and rough with prominent glandules : 
it is not eafily turned into vafes, and becomes full of cracks 
in the fire, unlefs it be expofed to it in fufficiently large 
plates. B b 2 
