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12 HORNBLENDE FAMILY. 2. Actynolite. Strahlstein, Werner. This species is divided into four subspecies, viz. As- bestous Actynolite, Common Actynolite, Glassy Acty nolite, and Granular Actynolite. First Subspecies. Asbestous Actynolite. Asbestartiger Strahlstein, Werner. Asbestartiger Strahlstein, Wid. s. 479-—Amianthinite, Kirw. vol. i. p. 104.—Asbestartiger Strahlstein, Emm. b. i. s. 4 16. Asbestoid, Lam. t. ii. p. 371—Actinote aciculaire, Ilany, t. iii. p. 75.—La Rayonante asbestiformc, Brock t. i. p. 504. —Asbestartiger Strahlstein, Iieuss, b. ii. 1. s. 174. Id. Lud. b.'i. s. 140. Id. Suck, lr til. s. 252. Id. Bert. s. 156. Id. Mobs, b. i. s. 581. Id. Ilab. s. 6l. Id. Leonhard, Tabel. s. 30—Amphibole actinote aciculaire, Brong. t. i. p. 455.— Asbestartiger Strahlstein, Karst. Tabel. s. 40. Id. Halts, s. 99—Asbestinite, Kid, vol. i. p. 116.—Amphibole, Iluuy, Tab!, p. 40.—Asbestartiger Strahlstein, Steffens, b. i. s. 281. Id. Lenz, b. ii. s. 683.—Strahlige Hornblende, Oken, b. i. s. 322. External Characters. Its colour is greenish-grey, which passes on the one side through mountain-green into a kind of sky-blue, on the other through olive-green into yellowish-brown, and liver-brown. It