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COMMON NEPHRITE. 505 XVI. TALC FAMILY. This Family contains tlie following species: 1. Ne phrite, 2. Serpentine, 3. Potstone, 4. Talc, 5- Nacrite, ft. Asbestus, 7. Picrolite. I. Nephrite. Nepbrit, Werner. This species is divided into two subspecies, viz. Com mon Nephrite, and Axestone. First Subspecies. Common Nephrite. Gemciner Nephrit, Werner. Fetter Nephrit, Sr.ussure. Jade, Kiriv. vol. i. p. 17b—Lc Nephrite commune, Brock, t. i. j). 4()7_ Gemciner Nephrit, Reus*, 1). ii. 2. s. 187. Id. Lad. h. i. s. 131. Id. Suck. 1 r tit. s. 551. Id. Bert. s. 144. Id. Molts, 1>. i. s. 835.—Jade nephrite, I.ttctts, p. 197- Id. Brong. t. i. p. 347. Id. Brard, p. 410.—Geineiner Nephrit, Leon hard, Tultel. s. 28.—Nephrit, Uaus. s. 100. Id. Karslen, Tuhcl. s. 44.—Nephrite, Kid, vol. i. p. 113.—Jade ncphro- tique, Hatty, Tabl. p. 61.—Gemciner Nephrit, Steffens, b. i. s. 2()(>. Id. Lenz, b. ii. s. 507. Id. Oken, b. i. s. 331. External Characters. Its colour is leek-green, of various degrees of intensity, and sometimes passes into mountain-green, greenish-grey, and greenish-white. I i 4- ‘ It