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interesting suite of crystals of this scarce mineral 
substance will be found in the British Collection; 
Derbyshire.] — Sulphate oflead^ called native lead- 
vitriol by Werner, crystallized and massive.— Lead 
earthy indurated and friable, of various colours; its 
different varieties appear to be rdated to carbo¬ 
nates, phosphates, and sulphates of lead: to which 
latter also the remforin lead ore (blei-niere of Wer¬ 
ner) from Siberia appears to belong: some varieties 
of lead earth are oxides. Near to these is also placed 
the native minium^ from Hessia, first described by 
Mr. Smithson, and varieties of the same from Sibe¬ 
ria ; all of them probably produced by the decay of 
galena. 
{Case 44.) Ores of zinc. Among the many va¬ 
rieties of sulphur et of zinc, or blende, may be par¬ 
ticularized those relative to colour, viz, the yellow, 
the brown, and the black blende of Werner; the 
first of which is generally most pure, while the two 
others contain a portion of iron; the variety called 
testaceous blende (schaalen-blende), the most cha¬ 
racteristic specimens of which are from Geroldseck 
in the Brisgau, contains, besides iron, a portion of 
lead.—The other ores of zinc in this case are those 
of a sparry appearance, commonly called calamine, 
which constitute three different species, viz, the elec¬ 
tric or siliceous calamine; the cormnon calamine, or 
native carbonate of zinc; and the red oxide of zinc • 
the specimens of the two former species include va- 
SALOON. 
Nat. Hist. 
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