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ius ; belemnitae, commonly called thunderbolts ; 
cornua Ammonis ; fragments of encrinitse, and 
pentacrinitae, generally called star stones, &c. ; 
petrified fruit of a palm, leaves of tropical ferns, 
&c" in limestone. 
Various articles , chiefly selected out of the 
, Sloanean Collection. 
(Div. 5.) Several vessels, cups, basins, See. 
made of agate, jasp-agate, calcedony, carnelian, 
bloodstone, &c. 
(Div. 6.) Various hilts, handles of knives, 
spoons, balls, c. of agate, j asp-agate, jasper, 
bloodstone, lapis lazuli, &c.; models in rock 
crystal of large diamonds : Pitt’s diamond.—Car¬ 
nelian hoop rings; various rings with precious 
stones, in two cases ; an emerald crystal imbed¬ 
ded in quartz. Sec. 
(Div. 7 •) Various large specimens of quartz 
and rock crystals, some containing chlorite, shod, 
&c.; calcareous spars : large double refracting 
crystal from Iceland ; fluorspar, &c. 
(Div. 8.) Meteoric stones : one of them was 
seen to fall from the atmosphere, with many 
others, at Aigle in France ; another is a frag- 
ment of one that fell at Siena; the third is a 
fragment of one that fell in Yorkshire and is now 
in the possession of Mr. Sowerby; and the fourth 
e a fragment. 
ROOM VIII. 
Nat. Hist. 
