FOLIATED RED M ANGANESE-ORE. 335 First Subspecies. Foliated lied Manganese-Ore. Blattricher Rotherbraunstein. Rosen rod syrsatt Manganes, Hisingcr, in Afhandling i Fys. Kem.och. Min. 1.105.—Blattricher Rothstein, Haus. Handb. b. i. s. 302.—Manganspath, Werner, Vorlcs. MS. Vivian ? External Characters. Its colour is rose-red, slightly inclining to flesh-red. It occurs massive, and disseminated. Internally it is shining. The'fracture is foliated. It occurs in fine granular distinct concretions. It is slightly translucent. It is so hard as to scratch glass. Specific gravity, 3.G. Constituent Parts. Oxide of Manganese, 52.60 Silica, - 39.60 Oxide of Iron, 4.60 Lime, 1.50 Volatile ingredients, 2.75 101.5 Berzelius, in Afh. i Fys. och. Min, Geognostic and Geographic Situations. It occurs in beds of specular iron-ore or iron-glance a nd magnetic iron-stone, along with compact garnet and calcareous-spar, in the gneiss hills at Langbanshytta, in Wermeland in Sweden ; and also in Siberia. Observations.