132 COPPER. Second Subspecies. Fibrous Phosphate of Copper. Cuivre phosphate mamelonne fibreux, Hatty, Tab], p. 92. Phosphorsaures Kupfer, Leonhard, in d. Scliriften d. Wet- tcrauischen Gesellsch. b. i. s. 83.—Fasriger pseudo-malachit,. Haus. Handbuch, b. iii. s. 1037. External Characters. Its colour is emerald-green, inclining to verdigris- green. It occurs massive, disseminated, in crusts, small botry- oidal, and imperfectly crystallised. Internally it alternates from shining to glimmering, and the lustre is intermediate between resinous and pearly. The fracture is diverging fibrous, sometimes passing into radiated. / It sometimes occurs in lamellar concretions. It is faintly translucent on the edges; seldom trans lucent. Geographic Situation. It occurs at the Virneberg, near Rheinbreitenbach on the lthine. Third