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are continued in the two next cases: basaltic horn¬ 
blende from Vesuvius, common hornblende, &c. 
(Case 15 and part of 16.) Continuation of am¬ 
phibolic minerals: only a few specimens of that 
widely diffused substance, the common hornblende , 
could be deposited in this part of the collection.— 
Between this and the substance now best known by 
the name of diallage (in the adjoining and opposite 
case. No. 16), are placed the hypersthene of Haiiy 
{Labrador hornblende of Werner) and the antho- 
phyllite, a substance from Kongsberg in Norway, 
nearly allied to them.—The actinote or strahlstein 
(of which we have the common, glassy, and fibrous 
varieties) likewise passes into substances contained 
in the opposite glass case, especially the amiantlioide 
from Oisans and the fibrous actinote, which is 
closely allied to some varieties of common asbest.— 
The tremolite (formerly grammatite of Haiiy, but 
now referred by this mineralogist to his amphibole): 
among the specimens of this substance are, the 
fine fibrous variety, not unlike in appearance to 
some varieties of asbest in the opposite glass case ; 
glassy tremolite in dolomite and granular limestone 
(see the adjoining table-case. No. 21).—The rkceti- 
cite , a mineral according to Werner, intermediate 
between tremolite and kyanite. 
{Case 16.) Asbest and amianth, with other re¬ 
lated substances: among these may be observed 
specimens illustrative of the transition from a very 
close 
