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INDEX. Aberdeen, granite of, 3. — city of, 33. Acropolis, of Athens, 139. Agate, 176. Agglomerate, composition of, 11. Agosta, sandstone quarries of, 274. Aillemore, granite of, 42. Aislaby quarry, 258. Aix-la-Chapelle,sandstone of, 273. Alabaster, 160. — composition of, 16, 159. — sculpturing in, 165. Albert Memorial, Hyde Park, 45. Alhambra,stone used in, 109, 142. Alie Hills, serpentine of, 104. Alps, granite of the, 24, 49. — serpentine of the, 105. Alston, in Cumberland, fluor-spar of, 170. — gypsum of, 162. Amazon of the Vatican, statue of, 154- America, fluor-spar of, 171. — granites of, 57. — gypsum of, 167. Amethyst, 175. Amiens Cathedral, 234. Analysis (chemical) of dolomite, 201. Analysis of granites, 28. — of greenstones, 82. — of basalts, 89. — of oolitic limestone, 210, 213. — of serpentines, 100. — of Carrara marble, 130. — of Welsh roofing slate, 291. — of sandstones, 240. Ancaster stone, 21 r. Andemach, lava of, 95. Anglesea, serpentine of, 102. — marble of, 120. Anhydrite, 160, 161. Ansted, Professor, on granite, 30. Anston quarries, 200. Apollo Belvedere, statue of, 129, 157- Arbroath sandstone, 261, 262. Ardmore, quarries at, 267. Armagh, variegated marble of, 122. Arran, granite of, 33. Arranmore Island, granite of, 40, 46. Arthur’s Seat, trap rocks of, 70. Athens, quarries of marble near, *37> 139- Augitic rocks, 85. Aurelius, marble column of, 129. Australia, malachite of, 189. Y