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Nat. Hist. 
fibrous, to which latter belongs the variety with 
golden tarnish, fromMoutier, near theMontblanc; 
the acicular crystals of rutile in rock cr3^stal, &c.; 
the ferriferous oxides, some varieties of which 
may be considered as titaniferous oxides of iron, 
and to which may be referred the black sand 
called Manachanite;—specimens of anatase, or 
octohedrite,fromDauphine; —the scarce substance 
called craitonite (Crichtonite) by Comte de Bour- 
non, likewise from Dauphine, in very acute oc* 
tohedral crystals, and in thin laminee. 
The remainder of this glass case contains the 
ores of antimony native antimony, from Alle- 
mont in Dauphine, some varieties of which are 
arseniferous ;—gJ'ey antimony, or sulphuret of 
antimony, the most common ore of this metal, 
occurs compact, foliated, radiated, and plu¬ 
mose ; the most remarkable among them are the 
specimens of crystallized radiated antimony in 
fine groups, especially from Transylvania ; radiat¬ 
ed grey antimony with barytes, realgar, &c.; the 
plumose grey antirpony, some varieties of w hich, 
appearing like delicate wool or down, display a 
fine iridescent blue, j^ellow, and red tarnish ;— 
red antimony, mostlj’ in fine capillary crystals, 
from Braunsdorf, in Saxony;—white antimony, 
crystallized, on galena, &c.—specimens of an- 
timonial 
