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Schorl. I2 9 ,h. . ^ ■ Geognosiic Situation. • 1 : r ' : r It occurs imbedded, and ufually in primitive rocks, as gneufs, mica flate, clay flate, and granite. . . : -MU ■ - J. • - 1 i” : ‘ ,t;uidl:r " ri s-flbm ir.'.l: ‘ ■ S’fe? ir • Geographic Situation. ( ; jr:c ; * “ f ; * ; . * ^ tvas firft found in i.the iiland .of Ceylpn,' in the . century ; afterwards in Brazil, ! and dnce that Period 'In feveral other...countries, as Madagafcar, ttgdom of Ava, Siberia, Spain, Switzerland, lyrol, ra nce, Saxony, Scotland,' near Banff, .Sweden, Nor- ^ a y> and Greenland. Ufe. * 4 it is fonretimes cut and polifhed and worn as a jewel j ut > on account of the nmddinefs of its colours, it is °tin ganeral very much efleemed. Obfervationsl f .V ii le green coloured tourmaline has been de- as^f ^ ^ f eve ral mineralogifts as emerald, the blue an( i tit e crimfon red variety, which was ^ found in Siberia, and fince in the kingdom of ^ iColopel Symes, and in the fand of Ceylon, S by
