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YELLOW AMBER. 403 The fragments are indeterminate angular, and sharp- edged. It is only translucent. In other characters* it resembles the following sub species. Second Subspecies. Yellow Amber. Gelber Bernstein, Werner. Id. Werner, b. i. s. 367.—Le Succin jaune, Brock, t. ii. p. 70. —Gelber Bernstein, lleuss, b. iii. s. 169. Id. Leonhard, Tabel. s. 47. Id. Karsten, Tabel. s. 58. Id. Ham. s. 117. Id. Lcnz, b. ii. s. 1095. External Characters. Its colour is wax-yellow, which passes, by a kind of lemon-yellow, into honey-yellow; from this it passes in to dark yellowish-brown, and hyacinth-red *. It generally occurs in indeterminate angular blunt- edged pieces, having a rough uneven surface. Externally it is generaly dull; internally it is splen dent, and the lustre is intermediate between vitreous and resinous. The fracture is large and perfect conchoidal. The fragments are indeterminate angular, and very sharp-edged. It is transparent, semi-transparent, and translucent. Cc2 It * It is said to occur of an olive-green colour.
