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Dombey, in Peru.—The pycnite, referred by Wer¬ 
ner to the beryl, under the name of shorlous beryl, 
and considered as a variety of topaz by Hairy. The 
pyrophysalite from Fahlun in Sweden, considered 
by the same crystaliographer as a variety of topaz, 
—These cases also contain the tourmaline and com¬ 
mon short. Among the varieties of the former may 
be specified the mbeUite, also called siberite (tour¬ 
maline apyre of Haiiv), a remarkable specimen of 
which, both with regard to form and volume, is 
here preserved: it was presented by the King of 
Ava to the late Colonel Symes, when on an embassy 
to that country, and afterwards deposited by the lat¬ 
ter in Mr. Greville’s collection. Other red and blue 
varieties from Siberia, and from Massachusets in 
North America; the flesh-coloured tourmaline from 
Rozena in Moravia (which is by some considered 
as a variety of pycnite), &c.—Varieties of common 
shorl.—In Case 4 and the adjoining opposite com¬ 
partment begin the substances belonging to the 
species of quartz. Rock crystal: various modi¬ 
fications of its crystalline forms: small dodeca¬ 
hedral and other crystals, known by the trivia! 
names of Gibraltar diamonds, Bristol diamonds, 
&c.; varieties of colour according to which the 
crystals obtain the vulgar denominations of smoky 
topaz or morion, cairngorm, citrine, &c.; speci¬ 
mens of rock crystal, inclosing various substances, 
such as rutile, brown iron-stone, micaceous iron, 
c needle 
SALOON. 
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