A glossary of mineralogy . Fig. 169. Comp. Ca C + Mg C=carbonate of lime5435, carbonate of magnesia 45-65 = 10000,but carbonate of iron or carbonate of man-ganese, or both together, are generally pre-sent. BB like Calcite; some varieties becomedarker and harder. Soluble in acid, but more slowly than Cal-cite. Localities. Crystallized at Leadhills, inLanarkshire {Jig. 167). Jena, &c.; alsoin the United States, at Richmond co., NewYork, and at Hoboken, New Jersey. Matea,a coral island near Tahiti. Granular Dolo-mite or magnesian limestone is found in thePyrenees, Saxony, France, Sweden, and inSo

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A glossary of mineralogy . Fig. 169. Comp. Ca C + Mg C=carbonate of lime5435, carbonate of magnesia 45-65 = 10000,but carbonate of iron or carbonate of man-ganese, or both together, are generally pre-sent. BB like Calcite; some varieties becomedarker and harder. Soluble in acid, but more slowly than Cal-cite. Localities. Crystallized at Leadhills, inLanarkshire {Jig. 167). Jena, &c.; alsoin the United States, at Richmond co., NewYork, and at Hoboken, New Jersey. Matea,a coral island near Tahiti. Granular Dolo-mite or magnesian limestone is found in thePyrenees, Saxony, France, Sweden, and inSomersetshire, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, DOMEYKITE. 117 &c.; at Building Hill, near Sunderland, itforms globular and radiated earthy-likeconcretions; and at Marsden, in the sameneighbourhood, a schistose Dolomite, of apale brownish-yellow colour is found, which,when split into thin pieces, is very flexi-ble. This quality is supposed to be owingto the water it contains, as it is nearly lostwhen the stone dries. Dolo

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