"The amphiboles, the staurotides, and black tourmalines, that we found scattered in the talc, did not differ from the varieties of the same description recognised in Mount Gothard, and in the Alps in general. -- Travels in the Oasis of Thebes, and in the Deserts Situated East and West of Thebaid; in the Years 1815, 16, 17, and 18. by M. Frédéric Cailliaud, M. Edme-François, ed. 1822 p, 49.
hernesheir commented on the word staurotides
"The amphiboles, the staurotides, and black tourmalines, that we found scattered in the talc, did not differ from the varieties of the same description recognised in Mount Gothard, and in the Alps in general. -- Travels in the Oasis of Thebes, and in the Deserts Situated East and West of Thebaid; in the Years 1815, 16, 17, and 18. by M. Frédéric Cailliaud, M. Edme-François, ed. 1822 p, 49.
July 18, 2010