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SALOON, from being as it were an inversion of the primitive; 
NatITist same with a considerable admixture of quartz, 
commonly called cr}'Stallized sandstone of Fon¬ 
tainebleau. Prismatic and pymmidal modifica¬ 
tions of the same, among the former of which are 
the beautiful varieties from the Hartz, Salzburg, 
&c.* 
(Case 21.) The same continued:—^This case 
contains specimens of the lamellated varieties of 
carbonate of lime called slate-spar and aphritei 
tabular spar with garnets and cinnamon stone; 
granular and compact limestone (marbles); mas¬ 
sive magnesian limestone, called dolomite, and 
(contiguous to it, in the opposite case) the crystal¬ 
lized magnesian limestone; called hitterspar, in 
chlorite slate, &c.— Fibrous limestone, the finest 
variety of which is that from Cumberland, and An- 
drarum in Sweden, with pearly lustre, w'hich has ob¬ 
tained the name of satin spar. 
(Case 22. ) Various specimens of stalactical 
limestone, some varieties of which bear the name 
of alabaster in common with compact g)^psum; 
the peculiar variety called pea stone, from the hot 
springs of Carlsbad in Bohemia, and the white va¬ 
riety found in the bed of a small river near Tivoli, 
and known by the name of confetti di Tivoli .— 
* For a greater variety of the modifications of crystallized carbo¬ 
nate of lime see the British Collection, especially Derbyshire and 
Cumberland. 
Calca- 
