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ROOM VIII. 
Nat. Hist. 
CASES 
1 & 2 . 
CASE 
3 . 
CASE 
4 . 
as it is sometimes erroneously called.—Basalt: 
with olivine, zeolite, calcareous spar, 
Wacke, (variolite, toadstone).—Amygdaloid, &c. 
Meteoric stones: one of those that were 
seen to fall from the atmosphere, with many 
others, at Aigle in France; a fragment of one 
that fell at Siena; of another that fell in York¬ 
shire, and is now in the possession of Mr. Sower-" 
by ; and a fragment of one that was seen falling in 
the East-Xndies. 
VQUCANIC PRODUCTIONS ,. 
A collection of volcanic products, from Mounts 
Vesuvius, Somma, and ^Etna ; vesicular, slag- 
gy, glassy lavas, tufFas, with several other volca¬ 
nic ejections : leucites ; Vesuvians in a calcareO- 
micaceous substance, &e.—Psendnvolcanic rocks. 
Lavas and other volcanic productions, in large 
polished pieces. 
MISCELLANEOUS LARGE SPECIMENS OF MINERALS. 
(Shelves 1 - 3 .) Various minerals, mostly of 
the limestone genus ; shell marbles ; several mo* 
difications of crystallized carbonate of lime. 
- (Shelf 4 ) Limestones and marlslate, with 
dendritical figures. Florentine marble. 
(Shelf 
