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COMMON ACTYNOLITE. 15 Second Subspecies. ' ' , Common Actynolite. Gemeiner Stralilstein, Werner. feasaltcs radiis minimis, fibrosis, nitidis, compositus; Basaltes fibrosus, Wall. gen. 22. spec. 152—Gemeiner Strahlstein, Wid. s . 480.—Schorlaceous Actynolite, and Common Asbestoid, Kirn), vol. i. p. l66‘. & 168.—Gemeiner Strahlstein, Estner, b. ii. s. 887. Id. Emm. b. i. s. 418.—Stralite commune, Nap. p. 323. Zillerthite, Lam. t. ii. p. 357.—Actinote etale, Ham/, t. ili. p. 75. La Rayonnante commune, Brock, t. i. p. 507- Gemeiner Strahlstein, Reuss, b. i. s. 176. Id. Lud. b. i. s. 140. Id. Suck. l r th. s. 140. Id. Bert. s. 185. Id. Mohs, b. i. s. 583. Id. Hab. s. 59- Id. Leonhard, Tabel. s. 31.— Amphibole Actinote hexaedre, Brong. t. i. p. 454—Gemeiner Strahlstein, Karst, label, s. 40. Id. Ilaus. s. 99- Actyno lite, Kid, vol. i. p- 116—Amphibole comprime, Hatty, Tabl. p. 40. Gemeiner Strahlstein, SteJJens, b. i. s. 284. Id. Lenz, b. ii. s. 681. Id. Okcn, b. i. s. 322. External Characters. Its principal colour is leek-green : it occurs also olive- green, grass-green, and mountain-green. It occurs massive, and disseminated. Internally it is shining, inclining to glistening. The fracture is small, scopiform, and promiscuous ra diated, with a double oblique angrdar cleavage. It frequently occurs in thick columnar concretions. It is generally translucent on the edges, sometimes translucent. It
