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NATIVE AMALGAM. 23 2. Native Amalgam. Natiirliches Amalgam, Werner. Amalgamo natif d' Argent, Rom£ de Lisle, liches Amalgam, Weru. Pabst. b. i. s. 7- Id. Wd. s. 7— Natural Amalgama, Kirrv. vol.ii. p. 225.—i atui ic es rna earn, Emm. b. ii. s. 134—Amalgame natif d Argent L • t i p. 432. Id. Brock, t. ii. p. 99 -Mercure argenteal, Hang, t. iii. p. 432—Amalgam, Iieuss, b. iii. s. 273. Id. Uid. b. i. 1 005. Id. Suck. 2 ter th. s. 111. Ii. Bert. s. 433. Id. Maks, b.iii. s. 99. Id- Leonhard, Tabel arrrentnl, Brong. t. ii. p. 242. Id. Brard, P-254. * ma S® ’ Kirsten, Tabel. s (50. Id. Hons .. 69-Qmcksdver dlqyed will. Silver, Kid, vol. ii. p. 94—Mercure argental, Ilauy, Tabl. p. 77—Silver Amalgam, Aikm, p. 24. This species is divided into two subspecies, viz. Fluid er Semi-iluid Amalgam, and Solid Amalgam. First Subspecies. Fluid or Semi-fluid Amalgam. Fliissiges oder halbfliissiges Amalgam, Werner. External Characters. Its colour is intermediate between tin-white and silver- white, according as it contains more or less silver, but usually inclines more to the first. It occurs in small massive pieces, and in balls; some times also in membranes, and disseminated ; also crystal lised in the following figures: 4, I. Octahedron,