ROCK SPECIMENS. 
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stripes like the onyx from Iceland and Ferroe ; fragments of red jasper, and 
of a jaspery breccia ; apiece of a compact hornstone-like mass of greenish 
colour mixed with reddish, and small rolled pieces of basalt. There is 
also among them a specimen of wood-hornstone of greyish-brown colour, with 
concentric yellowish-white rings. Nor should I omit mentioning a similar 
specimen of woodstone from Byam Martin’s Island, with numerous close con- 
centric rings, the curve of which indicates ife being a fragment of the stem 
of a petrified dicotyledonous tree. It is susceptible of taking a beautiful 
polish. 
