MAGNESIA aerata (common magneſia) united with ſiliceous matter. This efferveſces with acids, and not unfrequently ſtrikes fire with ſteel.

§ 107.

MAGNESIA intimately united with ſiliceous matter. The ſoluble part is ſlowly taken up by acids, without efferveſcence.

Cronstedt Min. §§79–83. and perhaps § 102–105 alſo; but I have not yet ſubmitted the aſbeſti to the liquid analyſis.

Soaprock. Serpentine.

§ 108.

MAGNESIA united to argillaceous, ſiliceous, and pyritical matters.

M. Monnet diſcovered this, and the next ſpecies.

§ 109.

MAGNESIA united to argillaceous, ſiliceous, and pyritical matters, and likewiſe contaminated by petroleum.