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ROOM VIII. 
Nat. Hist. 
CASE 
II. 
CASE 
12 . 
From Saxony. 
[Shelf 6.) Granite; gneiss ; syenite ; coarse 
and fine grained hornblende ; horns ton e-por¬ 
phyry^, &c.; white granular primitive limestone ; 
(Saxony marble) &c.; serpentine; mica slate, used 
for roofing ; several varieties of clay slate ; grey- 
wacke ; sandstone; coal, &c. 
{Shelf 7«) Old red and white sandstone, See.; 
bituminous marie slate ; fibrous, foliated, com¬ 
pact flotz gypsum (alabaster); selenite; flotz- 
limestones ; roestone ; basalt, &c.; alluvial rocks ; 
tophus, &c. 
MISCELLANEOUS LARGE SPECIMENS OF MINERALS. 
{Shelves 1-4.) Various minerals, mostly of 
the limestone genus ; shell marbles ; several mo¬ 
difications of crystallized carbonate of lime. 
[Shelf 5.) Fibrous limestone; the variety called 
Flos ferri: stalactites from the grotto of Antiparos ; 
calcareous incrustations on stalks, See. 
{Shelf 6.) Foliated and fibrous gypsum ; sele¬ 
nite ; fluor spar, &c. 
( Shelves 1-3.) Large groups of rock crystals ; 
quartz druses ; nodules of calcedony, Sec. 
{Shelf 4.) Hollow nodules of flint, coated 
with quartz crystals; a rounded pebble containing 
water; pudding stones; porphyry; serpentine, &c. 
{Shelf 
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