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104 SERPENTINE. hadovey, of which there are specimens in the Museum of Trinity College, Dublin. Co. Sligo produces serpentine of a deep leek-green colour, which has been obtained from Rock Wood Glen, west of Lough Gill; 1 and in Co. Donegal, ser pentine with garnet rock is found at Anghadovey. 2 Scotland—Portsoy, Banffshire. The serpentine of this locality is very rich and varied in colour ; it passes from sap-green to deep red, and is variegated with veins of white steatite. It does not appear to be as largely in request as it deserves. Specimens and worked ornaments of this stone may be seen in the Museum of Practical Geology. 3 Serpentine also occurs in the Alie Hills, Aberdeenshire ; Killin, Perth shire ; and in the Shetland Islands of Unst and Fetlar, 4 where it contains chromic iron. 1 A specimen of which is in the collection of the Royal College of Science, Dublin. 2 Brit. Assoc. Report, 1863, p. 54. 3 In the Hall, No. 183, a cube ; 184, obelisk. 4 Hunt, Descrip. Guide M. P. G. p. 22.