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150 LIMESTONE FAMILY. of varieties belonging to the floetz limestone. One of the most remarkable of the English marbles of the present class, is that of Anglesea, named Mona Marble, which is not unlike the Verde Anlico. Its colours are greenish-black, leek-green, and sometimes purple, irregularly blended with white; but they are not always seen together in the same piece. The white part is limestone: the green shades are said to be owing to serpentine and asbestos. The Black Marbles found in England, are varieties of Lucullite. ,, Irish Marbles. The Black Marbles of Ireland, now so generally used by architects, are Lucullites. In the county of Water ford, different kinds of marble are known ; as at Toreen, a fine variegated sort, of various colours, viz. chesnut- brovvn, white, yellow, and blue, and which takes a good polish : a grey marble, beautifully clouded with white, susceptible of a good polish, has been found near Kil- crump, in the parish of Whitecl\urch, in the same coun ty. At Loughlougher, in the county of Tipperary, a fine purple marble is found, which, when polished, is said to be beautiful. Smith describes several variegated marbles in the county of Cork; but whether these, and others now enumerated as Irish marbles, are granular limestone, I cannot discover, as I have neither met with good descriptions of them, nor seen any specimens. Thus, he mentions one with a purplish ground, and white veins and spots, found at Churchtown: a bluish and white marble from the same place; and several fine ash-colour ed varieties, as that of Castle liyde, &c. The county of Kerry affords several variegated marbles, such as that found near 'Brake. Marble of various colours is found in
