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COMMON PHOSPHORITt.' 215 2. Phosphorite. Phosphorit, Werner. This species is divided into two subspecies, viz. Com mon Phosphorite, and Earthy Phosphorite. First Subspecies. Common Phosphorite. Gemeincr Phosphorit, Karstcn. Gcmeincr Phosphorit, llaus. s. 123. Id. Karst. Tabel. s. 52. —Chaux phosphatee terreuse, Ilamj, Tabl. p. 8,—Gemeiner Phos[)horit, Lens, b. ii. s. 801.—Massive Apatite, Aikin, p. 137. External Characters. Its colours are yellowish, reddish, and greenish white,- and pearl grey, inclining to flesh-red ; sometimes spotted with brown, and ochre-yellow, and rarely tarnished on the fissures with brown and black. It occurs massive, stalactitic, reniform, in crusts, with impressions, and crystallised in six-sided tables. The surface is uneven and drusy. It is dull or glistening. The fracture is imperfect floriform foliated. It occurs in curved lamellar distinct concretions. The fragments are blunt edged. It is opaque, or feebly translucent on the edges. It is soft, and very soft. It is brittle. 0 i I*