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varieties, chiefly from Siberia and from Massa¬ 
chusetts in North America; the flesh-coloured 
tourmaline, from Rozena in Moravia; the dark 
green, called Brazilian emerald; the asparagus 
green variety in dolomite from Campo Longo; 
varieties of common shorl;— axinite , in most 
beautiful crystals, from Bourg d’Oisans in Dau- 
phiny, from Norway, &c. 
Case 38. The silicates terminate in this 
Table Case, with the topaze and chondrodite, 
substances which might be classed with the 
fluor-metals or fluorides;—among the specimens 
of topaz here deposited may be specified a se¬ 
ries of crystals of Saxon, Brazilian, and Sibe¬ 
rian varieties, among which there are several 
new modifications; Saxon varieties imbedded 
in the topaz rock, an aggregate of topaz, shorl, 
quartz, and sometimes mica; a fine Brazilian 
topaz imbedded in rock crystal, &c.;—also the 
pyroyhysalite from Fahlun in Sweden, and the 
pycnite , formerly considered as a variety of be¬ 
ryl, are referable to topaz ;—chondrodite (mac- 
lurite, brucite,) from New Jersey, and from 
Pargas in Finland. 
The rest of this Table Case is occupied by 
oxide of titanium and titanates ; viz. rutile , also 
called titan-shorl, massive, crystallized, and fi¬ 
brous, to which belongs the reticulated variety 
with golden varnish, from Moutier near the 
Montblanc; the acicular and capillary crystals 
of 
