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glandules of marble. Found in the volcanic mountains 
of Italy, and in detached pieces near the rivers. 
3,5. ■ Amygdalites' argillaceus: compofed of lava and 
glandules- of alumine. Found in the louthern and mid¬ 
dle parts of Italy. / 
36. Amygdalites fchidiferus : compofed of lava and 
lumps.of lliilf. Found in Sicily, and the neighbouring 
iilands. 
37. Amygdalites albo-maculatus: compofed of lava 
■and glandules of zeolite. Found in Sicily. 
38. Amygdalites gemmifer : compofed of lava and oli¬ 
vine. Found frequently at the bafe of Vefuvius. 
39. Amygdalites pyrqmachus ; compofed of lava and 
glandules, of flint. Found at the bafe of Vefuvius. 
40. Amygdalites inconfpicuus : compofed of lava and 
glandules, of garnets. Found in Sicily. 
41. Amygdalites achatoides : compofed of lava and 
chalcedony. Found in Iceland. 
42. Amygdalites ferruginofus : compofed of lava and 
iron-ore. Found i n Iceland. 
IV. With aliliceous bale. 43. Amygdalites margodes: 
confiding of horndone and glandules of marl. Found 
near Geneva, in detached pieces. 
44. Amygdalites fimilaris : confiding of horndone and 
glandules of clay. Found near Pzibram in Bohemia, and 
in the mines of Saxony and Bipontium. 
45. Amygdalites Jemticus : confiding of horndone and 
glandules of zeolite. Found near Jemtia in Sweden. 
46. Amygdalites quartzifer: confiding of horndone 
and glandules of quartz. Found near Schneeburg and 
Johangeorgendadt in Saxony. 
47. Amygdalites Crondedtii : confiding of jafper, fpar, 
and glandules of ferpentine. Found near Mofs in Nor¬ 
way, and near Zwickaw in Saxony 5 red, with the glan¬ 
dules variegated white and green. 
48. Amygdalites albo-guttatus : confiding of jafper, 
and glandules of fpar. Found near Stitz in Bohemia, of 
a grey-green colour. 
49. Amygdalites albo-fufcus : confiding of jafper and 
lithomarg. Found near Bukau in Bohemia. 
50. Amygdalites cinereus : confiding of jafper and zeo¬ 
lite. Found in India. 
51. Amygdalites Helveticus : confiding of jafper and 
amarus. Found in the mountains of Swilferland. 
52. Amygdalites Sibiricus: confiding of jafper and 
quartz. Found near the river Ural in Siberia, near Brel- 
chia in Italy, near Stuttgard in Wirtemberg, and in 
§axony. 
53. Amygdalites jafponyx : confiding of jafper and 
onyx. Found rarely in Saxony, the Palatinate, and in 
the duchy of Bipontium. 
54. Amygdalites albo-viridis : confiding of quartz and 
ferpentine. Found near Sabla in Sweden. 
55. Amygdalites tricolor: confiding of quartz and red 
and black gypfum. Found near Mariertberg in Saxony ; 
and is a matrix for tin-ore. 
Breccia, Pudding-Stone. — Confiding of fragments of 
dones, generally of a rounded form, conglutinated by an 
earthy or metallic cement; found only in mountains of 
a more recent date. The word breccia is from the Ger¬ 
man brechen, to break ; or from bricia, Ital. a finall frag¬ 
ment, or crumb ; hence Pinkerton writes it bricia. There 
are twenty-three lpecies, in four divisions as before. 
I. With a talcole cement. 1. Breccia ferpentina: con¬ 
fiding of fmaller fragments of ferpentine, conglutinated 
by indurated micaceous marl. Found in Piedmont. 
II. With a calcareous cement. 2. Breccia calcaria : 
confiding of fragments of common marble, conglutinated 
by calcareous earth. Found every-where in valleys 
bounded by mountains of lime-done. 
3. Breccia marmorea : confiding of fragments of fine 
marble, conglutinated by calcareous earth. Found in 
Italy, variegated, and admitting a very high polilh. 
4. Breccia lumachella; confiding of fiiells, corals, or 
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their fragments, conglutinated by calcareous earth. 
Found in .Italy, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Sic. is often 
finely variegated, and admits a high polish. 
5. Breccia fchidola : confiding of fragments of Ihid, 
conglutinated by brown alumine. Found in Wedrogo- 
thia and Hunneburg. 
III. With an argillaceous cement. 6. Breccia argil- 
lofa: confiding of, .fragments, of trap, cemented by -jafper. 
Found in Norway. 
7. Breccia baialtina: confiding of fragments of co¬ 
lumnar bai'alt, conglutinated by alumine. Found on the 
banks of the Lower Rhine, and in the mountains Hon- 
derberg and Wollberge'. 
8. Breccia lavina : confiding of fragments of lava, con¬ 
glutinated by calcareous earth. Found in Italy, near 
Fiefoli in Tufcany, and is ufed for the purpofe of polish¬ 
ing marble. 
IV. With a filiceous cement. 9. Breccia Helvetica : 
confiding of fragments of horndone, agglutinated by 
marl. Found principally in the fouthern and w'edern 
parts of SwiSferland ; fometimes in detached pieces, fome- 
times in rocks and large mafles, and is ufed as a material 
for buildings. It does not admit a polish ; and has fre¬ 
quently the vediges of animal relics impreffed upon it, as 
lharks’ teeth, &c. 
10. Breccia cornea: confiding of fragments of horn¬ 
done, conglutinated by alumine. Found near Idria. in 
Carniola, and near Schneeburg in Saxony. In the latter 
place it has fome portions of lpar. 
11. Breccia mixta: confiding of fragments of horn¬ 
done and quartz, conglutinated by calcareous earth. 
Found near Anneberg in Saxony. 
12. Breccia iilicina, common pudding-done : confiding 
of fragments of horndone, flint, and quartz, congluti¬ 
nated by a cement of jafper. Found in Great Britain, 
particularly in Herefordshire ; and in Bohemia. The peb¬ 
bles are often variegated, and the cement grey or tawny. 
It receives a fine polilh. 
“ The celebrated English pudding-done, (fays Pin¬ 
kerton,) found no-where in the world but in Hertford- 
diire, appears to me to be rather an original rock, formed 
in the manner of Amygdalites, or almond-done, becaufe 
the pebbles do not feem to have been rolled by water, 
which would have worn off - the fubStances in various di- 
reftions ; while, on the contrary, the white, black, brown, 
or red, circlets, are always entire, and parallel with the 
furface, like thole of agates. Pebbles, therefore, inftead 
of being united to form fuch rocks, may, in many circum- 
dances, proceed from their decompofition, the circumja¬ 
cent fand all’o arising from the decomposition of tlie ce¬ 
ment.” 
13. Breccia fruticulofa, or flirubby breccia : compofed 
of yellow fragments of horndone, marked with black 
and red Shrub-like ramifications. Found in the Ead. 
14. Breccia ZEgyptia, or green breccia: compofed of 
agglutinated fragments of green horndone. Found in 
Egypt, and.receives hardly any polilh : it is often mixed 
with fragments of granite. 
15. Breccia cuprifera : confiding of fragments of horn¬ 
done and quartz, conglutinated by copper-ore. Found 
in Siberia; often fo rich in copper as to be worked with 
great profit. 
16. Breccia jafpidea : compofed of fragments of jafper, 
with a jafper cement. Found near Frejus in Provence. 
17. Breccia quartzofa: compofed of fragments of 
quartz, with a cement of quartz. Found in Jemtia and 
Smoland in Sweden. 
18. Breccia glandulofa: compofed of fragments of 
quartz, with a cement of fand-done. Found in Sweden, 
Normandy, and near Gottingen in Germany. 
. 19. Breccia indeterminata: compoled of the fragments 
of various Ample dones, with a predominancy of quartz. 
Found every-where in Germany. 
20. Breccia porphyrea : compoled of fragments of por- 
phyry. 
