A Glossary of MineralogyLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 420 páginas |
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... masses . They are commonly colourless , or varying in tint from white to flesh - red , sometimes bluish - green and brown , and have a vitreous lustre , which , in some instances , inclines to pearly . The cleavage of Felspar is highly ...
... masses . They are commonly colourless , or varying in tint from white to flesh - red , sometimes bluish - green and brown , and have a vitreous lustre , which , in some instances , inclines to pearly . The cleavage of Felspar is highly ...
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... masses , or as a mealy efflorescence , with a sweetish astringent taste , more or less resembling that of common ... mass . Alum is used largely in the manufacture of leather and paper , as a mordant in dyeing , in me- dicine , for ...
... masses , or as a mealy efflorescence , with a sweetish astringent taste , more or less resembling that of common ... mass . Alum is used largely in the manufacture of leather and paper , as a mordant in dyeing , in me- dicine , for ...
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... masses or crusts , either white or tinged with yellow or red , when impure . Translucent . Lustre silky . Taste like that of common alum . H. 1.5 to 2. S.G. 1.6 to 1.8 . BB intumesces and fuses easily . Very so- luble . Localities . It ...
... masses or crusts , either white or tinged with yellow or red , when impure . Translucent . Lustre silky . Taste like that of common alum . H. 1.5 to 2. S.G. 1.6 to 1.8 . BB intumesces and fuses easily . Very so- luble . Localities . It ...
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... masses , and associated with Ice - spar , Augite , Mica , and Idocrase ; Island of Procida ; Faroë Islands ; Java ; the Konchêkowskoi Kamen in the Ural . Anorthite may be distinguished from all the zeolites , as well as from Nepheline ...
... masses , and associated with Ice - spar , Augite , Mica , and Idocrase ; Island of Procida ; Faroë Islands ; Java ; the Konchêkowskoi Kamen in the Ural . Anorthite may be distinguished from all the zeolites , as well as from Nepheline ...
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... masses of a brownish - green colour by reflected light , and leek - green by transmitted light . Transparent in thin laminæ . Lustre weak , Streak white . Feel smooth but not greasy . H. 2.5 . S.G. 2.6 . Comp . Hydrated silicate of ...
... masses of a brownish - green colour by reflected light , and leek - green by transmitted light . Transparent in thin laminæ . Lustre weak , Streak white . Feel smooth but not greasy . H. 2.5 . S.G. 2.6 . Comp . Hydrated silicate of ...
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Alumina Analysis antimony arsenic Barytes BB fuses BB on charcoal Beudant blue Bohemia borax Breithaupt Brit Brittle Brochant brown carbonate cerium cleavage Coal cobalt colourless Comp conchoidal Cornwall Crown 8vo crystals Dana Dufrénoy earthy Felspar fibrous flame Fracture conchoidal Fracture uneven Garnet glass globule granular green grey Haidinger Harz Hausmann Haüy Hornblende Huel intumescence Jameson Kirwan Kobell lead Lime Magnesia Localities Lustre Lustre vitreous M. P. G. Horse-shoe M. P. G. Principal Floor Magnesia manganese masses mineral Mohs muriatic acid name given nickel Nicol nitric acid octahedrons opaque Oxide Oxide of copper pearly Peroxide of iron Phillips Phosphoric acid Potash primary form Protoxide of iron Protoxide of manganese Pyrites Quartz resembling resinous rhombic prism RHOMBOHEDRAL rocks Saxony Silica Silica Alumina Peroxide silver Soda Soluble sometimes SPAR stone Streak white sulphate sulphuric acid Tellurium Titanic acid Topaz translucent transparent variety Wall-case Water Werner yellow yellowish
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