Manual of Mineralogy ...

actinolite affords alumina angles antimony apatite arsenic asbestus beryl bismuth blende blowpipe blue borax brittle brown calc spar called carbonate cent chabazite charcoal chlorid chlorite clay cleavage coal cobalt color Composition contains copper pyrites cryst crystals diamond distinguished earthy epidote feldspar fibrous flame fluor foliated fumes furnace fuses fusible galena garnet glass globule gneiss gold granite granular gray grayish green heated hornblende idocrase Infusible iron pyrites kyanite lead lime limestone Luster vitreous magnesia magnetic iron manganese masses massive metal mica mineral mines native nearly nickel nitric acid occurs octahedrons odor opaque oxyd oxyd of iron oxygen p'ly peroxyd potash pounds Prim protoxyd of iron pyroxene quartz rhombic prisms rhombohedron rocks salt scapolite serpentine silica silver slate soda sometimes species specific gravity sphene streak strl sulphate sulphuret sulphuric acid talc tourmaline translucent transparent tremolite usually variety yellow zinc