A Glossary of Mineralogy

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 crystals Dana Dufrénoy earthy edges 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 zinc