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—- n ( 6oj' i y' 0n ' xz ' ■ ■'" , J:u o) rro. ! v •' t ; <: hi v 4 j«d t\.- FIRST SUBSPECIES. ■& ”V; 1 Fibrous Celefline. f • . ..... i 3;.n--/ >ri Fafriger Celeftine.—'Werner. '^cag^H. ^ ui ■ to bal/. vlii'i .... ... . ; e.'-- I. : ' M ? /♦*' External Char afters. ; ;iar ‘ J !( * u i Its colour is intermediate between indigo blue and bluifli grey, and fometimes pafies into milk, white; faid alfo to occur pale Iky blue. It lofes its colour in keeping, even if very carefully preferved It occurs mafiive and in plates, alfo cryftallifed. Luflre of the longitudinal frafture fhining, crofs fra&ure gliftening and pearly, or between pearly and fefinous. The longitudinal fra&ure is foliated, but this is feldom to be obleived, as it does not break eafily in that dire&ion. Crofs fradture parallel, coarle, and father curved fibrous. Fragments lplimery. It fhews a tendency to prifmatic difHnft concretions, tvhich appear to be parallel and conformable with the fibrous frafture. Tranflucent. From