Fossils Arranged According to Their Obvious Characters: With Their History and Description Under the Articles of Form, Hardness, Weight, Surface, Colour, and Qualities, the Place of Their Production, Their Uses and Distinctive English and Classical Latin Names |
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Ægypt Ammoniacum Argentum Argilla ASBESTE BLACK BLUE Bohemia bright brittle heavy BROWN cluſters coarſe COLOUR COLOUR'D Compoſed Cronstedt crumbly Cryſtal diftinction ductile Ferrum flaky Foffils foft heavy foft light FORM FOSSIL ftrata tender ftriated GENUS Germany glaſs granulated GREEN GREY hard heavy fmooth hard heavy rugged hard light hard very heavy heavy fcaly heavy fmooth heavy gloffy heavy irregular heavy rough Italy light rugged light uneven lime LIMESTONE lumps hard heavy lumps tender lumps very hard maffes hard heavy maffes tender MARBLE MARCASITE Marmor moſt Naphtha Natrum Ochra ornaments ORPIMENT PALE PLACE plates Plumbum Porphyrius Priſm pure Pyramids Pyrites QUALITIES QUARRY STONE Quartzum REDDISH Rhombs rocks RUDDY Rude lumps Salt Saxony Saxum ſcaly Schiftus SELENITE ſhattery Small maffes Spar Spatum ſpots Stalactites Sulphur SURFACE Sweden Talc tender heavy tender light theſe Thick ftrata thoſe TOPHE Tophus Vaft ftrata Vaft maffes veins VITRIOL Vitriolium WEIGHT WHITE WHITISH YELLOW YELLOWISH Zincum