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Ed. Notice of the locality of the Bronzite, Jameson: or Diallage metalloide, Hauy and Brongniart; at Amity, Orange county. State of New York; by J. Finch, Hon. Mem. West Point Lyc. Nat. Hist. tyc.On an excursion, in the autumn of , over the calcareous formation of Orange county, and the Northern part of the state of New Jersey, accompanied by Wm. Horton, Jr. M. D. of Goshen, N. Y. and Lieut. Mather of the U. States' Army, we discovered the above mentioned mineral, which naa not. l oeueve. oeen previous!? eoticeo Tory Burch Flats m tne u. states.The Bronzite occurs in foliated masses, composed of laminae. wmen wmw m size, irom minute scales, scarce!? two lines Vol. XVI.no. tllJ Intelligence and Miscellanies.in diameter, to large plates, eight or ten inches in length, and six or seven inches wide; sometimes, though rarely, it m tound in tmn nexanedrai taDies.The laminae varv irom one renin part oi a linetwo lines in thickness s they are usually parallel to each other, but are sometimes divergent, ana ax no verv uniiorm ancie s inev are generally straight, but sometimes curved, and are occasionativ separated irom. eacn otner ovwun mates oi calcareous spar. They are traversed by seams dividing the whole surface into very minute rhombic tables, which are also crossed m oilier lines, tnat passinrouen tnem oouaueiv m diverge from a centre. The plates will usually break, in a direction perpendicular to their surface, without separating any of the laminae which adhere together with such tenacity as to require a consideraoie' decreelorce to oivioe mem. vross fracture of the plates uneven and Tory Burch Outlet splintery.The surface of the laminae, exhibits a constant and brilliant metallic lustre, so sironsr as to renect verv distinctly the images presented to it. Color, deep brownish red,varying occasionally in some specimens to a copper color: the powder, after it has been acted upon by acids to free it from the carbonate of lime, is of a beautiful orange red.It p infusible when exposed to the action of the blowpipe, out loses its coior.The thin laminae, Tory Burch Sale are usually translucent, sometimes transparent; the foliae are opaque or but slightly translucent on their edges.