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Part III. Of Stones Irregular. 
ANOTHER, from the fame Hand, more gritty, harder, 
and of a brown colour. 
A Stone like a pure white Pebble , to which another letfer 
of the fame colour, by mediation of a clean Red, and alfo 
ftony Cement, is affixed. Hard, yet difioluble with 
Acids. 
A little Red Oval Stone, on one fide obliquely furrow’d; 
on the other, pounced, and Rained with a ftony Blot. Tins 
alfo is hard, yet eafily dift'olved with Spirit of Nitre. 
A piece of Soft ALABASTER. Alabafrites. Tis 
white and crumbly, an infinite congeries of Cbryftalline 
or Tuning Grains, no bigger than fine finds. It grows in 
Warwickshire. And is like to that which comes from Hol¬ 
land. Given by Sir John Hoskins. 
Another piece, from S hep ft on near the Seafide. 
Another piece of a YELLOW colour, almoft like to 
that of exprefled Oil of Mace. It hath fome of a blewifh 
Clay upon it 5 but might rather cafually fall into fuch a 
Bed, than be bred therein. 
A FOURTH, of VARIOUS colours, in fpots,/r. White, 
Yellow, Red, Leaden, Brown, and Black, mixed toge¬ 
ther. 
A FIFTH (in a Frame) confifting of Afh-colour, Black, 
and Tawny, mixed in Spots and Veins. 
’Tis found alfo in Caramania, India, and other places. It 
hath been more ufed than now for the preferving of fome 
more precious Oyntments. But why, rather than Glafs or 
Glafed Veflels, I know not, unlefs for ffiew. A Scruple 
hereof given in Milk. , is affirmed by Boetius ( a ) to be a fij)DeGcm. 
certain Cure of a Dyfernery. Yet I would have no man to ^ 2 L 7 c.' hb ' 2 ' 
trail to this, who may have other Remedies. 
BASTARD-ALABASTER, fpoted. Gypfum variegatunz. 
Here are Examples of feveral Colours.One Black,with white 
fpots. Another,confifting of parts fome Black,and fome ot a 
pale Green. A Third, of a dark Green, mixed with White 
and Red Veins and Spots. A Fourth, confifting ot White, 
Brown, and Yellow. A Fifth, of White, Red, and Yellow. 
A Sixth (in a Frame) ot Alh-colour, Citrine, Red, Black, 
and pellucid Spots. A Seventh, of White, Green, and a 
dark Purple. All thefe Stones make a ftrong Effemefcence 
with Nitrous Spirits.They are found in Mifnia,Burgundy, Etc. 
