294 Of Regular Stones. Part III, 
In which is alfo immcrfed afore of fmall Sand-colour cl 
Stones, fo hard as to fcratch Glafs. The other, hath alfo 
a mixture of fome parts that are Green. The Blew and 
the Green, are both, and they only dilfoluble upon the 
effufion of Acids. 
(a) Boet. de The beft of thefe Stones are the Bleweft. (a) They have 
S>Lae t de a ^° this property; fc. to look blew by Day, (b) and Green 
Gem. by Candle-light. Many, faith Boetius, have judged this to 
be reckon’d by Pliny., amongft Jafpers with the Name of 
Boreas. But either Pliny and the Ancients,or thofe that make 
that judgment of them, were greatly miftaken. For this 
is a very foft Stone, and eafily dilfoluble, with Ebullition, 
immediately upon the effufion of fome, efpecially Nitrous 
Acids : and may be feraped with a Knife. So that I am 
of Opinion; That ’tis nothing elfe but a fort of JErugo 
in fome meafure petrify’d. Which alfo is further confirm’d 
in that it doth not only refemble that in Colour, but, be¬ 
ing (as it is eafily) burnt, is of the fame Taft. So that it 
is no marvail, if this Stone, with Age and efpecially much 
worn and expofed to theAir,loofeth the beauty of its colour. 
And that it may be reftored to the fame by Oil of Vitriol 5 
which eateth off its faded Surface. 
CHAP. V. 
Of REGVLAR STONES. 
A S Gems are diftinguilhed chiefly by their Colours ; fo 
other Stones Regular, by their external Forms. Tliis 
is of two general kinds. Such as is Circumfcriptive, or 
depending upon the whole Stone, as ex.gr. in the Eagle- 
Stone ; and this is properly call’d the Figure. Or fuch as 
is Accumulative, where there is a repetition of the fame 
Figure in feveral parts, as in Mujcovy-Glafs, compofed of 
parallel Plates: and fo for the reft, whereof in their 
order. 
A GLOBULAR PEBBLE, an inch and »in Diametre, 
whitiih and femiperfpicuous. It feems to be an Allay to¬ 
wards the Eagle-Stone, hereafter defenb’d. 
A 
