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saloon, of emerald or beryl from Limoges in France, 
natThist. and from Rabenstein in Bavaria, the latter ac¬ 
companied by colnmbium.—Near the beryl is 
placed the euclase , a rare crystallized mineral sub¬ 
stance, discovered by Dombey, in Peru, and 
which has also lately been found in the chlorite 
slate at Capao, near Villaricca in Brasil.—The 
pycnite , referred by Werner to the beryl, under 
the name of shorlous beryl, and considered as a 
variety of topaz by Haiiy. The pyrophysalite , 
from Fahlun in Sweden, described by the same 
crystallographer as a variety of topaz.—A series 
of crystals of Saxon, Brasilian, and Siberian to¬ 
pazes among which there are several new modi¬ 
fications ; Saxon varieties, imbedded in the to¬ 
paz rock, an aggregate of topaz, shod, quartz, and 
sometimes mica.—These cases also contain the 
tourmaline and common short. Among the va¬ 
rieties of the former may be specified the rubellite , 
also called siberite (tourmaline apyre of Haiiy), a 
remarkable specimen of which, both with regard 
to form and volume, is here preserved: it was 
presented by the King of Ava to the late Colonel 
Symes, when on an embassy to that country, and 
afterwards deposited by the latter in Mr.Greville’s 
collection. Other red and blue varieties from 
Siberia, and from Massachusets in North Ame¬ 
rica ; the flesh-coloured tourmaline from Rosena 
in Moravia (which is by some considered as a va¬ 
riety of pycnite),&c.—Varieties of common shod. 
“In Case 4, and the adjoining opposite compart¬ 
ment. 
