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COMMON BROWN COAL. 375 Geographic Situation. It is found in Bohemia, Saxony, Austria, Naples, Hungary, and in the Vivarais in Franco. Uses. It is lixiviated, to obtain the alum it contains: it i9 even sometimes used for fuel. Fourth Subspecies. Common Brown Coal, or Conclioidal Brown Coal. Gemeine Braunkohle, Werner. Braun Kohle, Esiner, b. iii. s. 126—La Houille brunc, Broch. t. ii. p. 47-—Gemeine braun Kohle, Rettss, b. ii. 3. s. 154. Id. Lrnl. b. s. 187. Id. Suck. 2ter th. s. 63. Id. Bert. s. 345. Id. Mohs, b. ii. s. 311. Id. Leonhard, Tabel. s. 48. Id. Karsten, Tabel. s. 58. Id. Hans. s. 117.—Musehliche Braunkohle, Lcnz, b. ii. s. 1060. External Characters. Its colour is light brownish-black, which passes into blackish-brown. It occurs massive. Internally it is shining, and sometimes glistening; and H'e lustre is resinous. The fracture is rather imperfect large conchoidal; and sometimes shews the fibrous woody texture. The fragments are indeterminate angular, and more °r less sharp-edged. The colour is lighter in the streak. It is soft, and very soft. It is rather sectile. Aa4 It