immenfe difparity in -the priçe of.our nativeand the.Griental
floues, . I have among my finall gqpeéàion of Norway-cryflals, a
piece fo clear and.pure, a n d t h a t in the judg.-
ment pf,ÿt^ycqp|iodfeuf% it might .fie. cut into a very exqulfite
jewel*.
îfingkîflas' : Among the Norway-cryftals ' is r alfo reckoned the Marienglas,
Ifinglafsj or Ryiglafs, as it is called here, being moftly found in
Ruffia^ .where, ,op account of its tranlparençy, it is uled for win-
' dow-panes,; This is japarticular.fpeciesqfftonevlying in ftrata, or
flakes, or like fo many Iheetsof paper, and as .eafily Separated. I
have a piecetqf j|ark red, which is very uncommon,, it
rally clear- or grpyifli. Wormius, ysdiôihad never feem any of this
colour,: pageptipfhds Mufæum, fays, that. this. Rulfian-glals is
fcmdimcs hound in. marble, and fometimes in hexagon .figures,
like the.above-menfioned mountainpryftals.
' ix.
Granates. g . Granates, which derive, tiieir name from the ^fimjlarity of their
dark red colour, with that of die kernels ofitijepompgranets, i are
found at Konglberg, in Gulbranfdale, Ofterdale *, and other, parts,
and not fcldom inclofcd tin, .other mafles of ftone; and. Mr. Bro-
graph'^uêc î11^ fays> that in Norway, ,aspJempfeland?j many^ miH-ftones are
p-4s- mix^L with granates, but the few in my pofiêÆon, or which I lee
elfeyvhere^ and are o f the lize; of a middling hazl.ernut, with
many angles, have np particular lulfre, and are foul^. pr^as. the
Page J4- phrafe is, not ripe.. Thofc mentioned by^OliguJaeobeus, amqng
the northern curiofities in the Mufeum regium, I fuppofe, make a
betterappearance.
Amethift*. ; ‘ Norway amathifts are like,wife mentioned there, ;but with the
addition that they want the hardnels of the Oriental. The lame
author, page gy* likewife mentions another ftone,yyhich he thus
defôribes, Pyrites aureus tefielatus, maculis purpuf eis àç hyacinthi-
nis hinc indediftinâisex ofterdalia Norvægiæ.
* Cryftallos puriores Américains' fuppeditat Norvegia noftra, ut ex Ipecimine
tranfmiffo videbis. Ep. Ol. Worrnii, Tom. II. p. 82b.
-f- Reperiunrar etiarn Norvegia dodecalatorum impuriores, vena talci plerumque
infedti, colore ad nigredinem tendentes, lit ep primum genus Orientalium æmulari
videantur, natura quandoque|poliCi_Tance magnitudinis rnihi unus eft, ut ^VjUm
ec3utnbinuffl tuperet. .Crefcunt in vena talci tanta copia, ut^ hs£um venafua .jun-
âls, lapides molàres'confidant. Ol. Worm. Muf. p. 104.
The
The Feijfo-illands ^afford plenty of Chalcedonies, but which are Chalcedony,
not abqyetjyjce the.bignefs of apea,s Very feldom reaching that of
a hazel-nut, pfwhicfi lize I have, ferae in my colleaion. The Mu-
feum^pmianuip ^ page pR mentions two of an,oblong figure, and
of thp bigndi of a man’s thumb, and he.alfefeeafs in the follows
ing manner of "thtifei of IcelandChalcedonium iflahdicum ciri-.
ftalloidem vopo -lapidem. Mafia ell unriarum duarum longitudine,
totidem latitudine,, qua.Jatiqr. (kftj'.'Part^qua-cauli adhsefitj faxp
ceqflat ■ albo?.^durQj . eui nigrefiinis quidpiam permiftum, ex quo
etSorelcit crufta,.quaeqam calpedonica,. cralfitie^ calanai feriptorii; 0
Hsec yero ex le papmaceas tifialpamVfirias protrudit ejuldem lub-
ftantite, 'externa fuperfieie, alperas inllar facchari .candidi, granulis •
minutis rhicantes. Parte qnteriom-tres funt papillaB, quarum media
reliquis jongior, una teliquis minor, yefebs' latiorepi partem ima
duplifata. - Gmnes hae gapill®^ uttet corporis ipfius tota luperficies
fuperio/ quafi ponglapaja.^fl:, fplendentibtis granulis cryfiallinis af-
pera. -filegans c^rleeft, a nomine, quod feiam, f^efcripta.’’^ Of
thefegrjttgjing and' angular .little grains, which are‘laid to adhere
to|K^ illand Chalcedonies, there ate frequently found deep in the
earfh.Ujiany.white mu^k-fiiellsjquite. fvjlj; an.infiifputable effe<a
of the deluge j tliele bqqies, when, liquid, having infinuated them-
felves ^into thefe- lhells, where they afterwards became induratedi
and I myleif have* lome of this kind in my mufamm, .
S E C T. X.
^ Agate pffevdral kinds are produced here, and I have fome Agate,
g|ejges„q|,rqd .^d yofiowilh, winbh were found in Sundmoer, and
& ^ ||ae?.abpuud: iti i^thcr places... Thq ground near the paifonage
pf Biudaas,, is faid, to,.be full of large veins of agate; but generally
fp. hard .as npt to be wrought ip, any other jnapner than, by grind-
. flaron Holberg, in his l*refenV State of. Deniuark and Norr
yyay, fay^thedike^of a kind of hard but beautiful jafper; Taund in
a .mountain , two Norway miles N. ,W. of the parfonage of Sfile%
j°td, of . which govp^ori Wibel,. in the year 1726, had a letof
tea-cyps made, for a prelent; to his majefty Frederic IV. ‘
:x Imall,pieces of gr^en jag)er, found.in.the Ferromands,
Qh^Wormius mentions ‘CaIT 2 # tsh.ii e following s Quedam-Turco-rTn M8f.,p*dt4«
^4 ^»h?9 1^^ant:iir?. qUffidam Malachites, qusedam in matricibus fuis
3 ■ exift- •