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Nat. Hist. 
of emerald or beryl from Limoges in France, 
and from Rabenstein in Bavaria, the latter ac¬ 
companied by columbium.—Near the beryl is 
placed the eudase^ 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 shorL Among the va¬ 
rieties of the former may be specified the ruhellite^ 
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 thelatterin Mr. Greville^s 
collection. ' Other red and blue varieties from 
Siberia, and from Massachusets in North Ame¬ 
rica ; the fiesh-coloured tourmaline from Rosena 
in Moravia (which is by some considered as a va¬ 
riety of pycnite),&c.—Varieties ofcommon shod. 
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