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RED IRONSTONE. 243 8. Red Ironstone. Rotheisenstein, Werner. This species is divided into four subspecies, viz. Scaly Red Iron-ore, Ochry Red Ironstone, Compact Red Iron stone, and Red Hematite. First Subspecies. Scaly Red Iron-ore or Red Iron-froth. Rother Eisenrahm, Werner. Haematites micaceus, Wall. t. ii. p. 248.—Rother Eiseniahm, Werner, Pabst. b. i. s. 153. Id. Wid. s. 807-—Red scaly Iion- ore, Kinv. vol. ii. p. 172.—Rother Eisenrahm, Emm. b. ii. s. 308.—Fer oxide rouge luisant, Hauy, t. iv. p. 106.—Le Eisenrahm rouge, Brock, t. ii. p. 249—Rother Eisenrahm, Bcttss, b. iv. s. 7b. Id. Lud. b. i. s. 244. Id. Suck. 2t er th. s. 2G4. Id. Bert. s. 406. Id. ULohs, b. iii. s. 385. Schup- piger Rotheisenstein, llab. s. 116.—Rother Eisenrahm, Leon hard, Tabel. s. 65.—fer oxide rouge luisant, Brong. t. ii. P* 164.—Sehuppiger Rotheisenstein, Karsten, Tabel. s. 6G. Schaumiger Blutstein, Ilaus. s. 106.—Fer oligiste luisant, llauy, Tabl. p. 95.—Red scaly Iron-ore, Aikin, p. 38. External Characters. Its colour is intermediate between cherry-red and t>rownish-red, and sometimes passes into steel-grey. It occurs sometimes massive, sometimes coating, and disseminated, and is composed of scaly particles, which Q 2 are