Py'rope. 75 U/e. It is employed in almoft every kind of jewellery, ail d is generally fet in a gold foil. The fmall and Ver y fmall grains are powdered, and ufed in place of e mery in cutting fofter ftones. Obfcrvaiions. This foflil ufed to te confidered as a variety of the P r ecious garnet, and was generally known by the na me of Bohemian garnet, from its occurring in that c °untry in great beauty and perfection. Lately, how ler, 'Werner has introduced it into the fyftem as a 'nft fpecies, on account of its colour, tranfparency, Want of cryftallization. The name pyrope is °trovved from Pliny and Ovid, who mention a fofiil ^ich is confidered by Werner as nearly allied to the ° n e now known by that name. TENTII