A Neio Mine) alogical Nomenclature. 17 



Genus S. Vitriolum. 



Hi— 2 — 2.5. G = 1.8 — 3.2. Taste astringent and metallic, nauscoue. 



Sp. 1. V. Martiale,* Copperas. 



2. V, hexagonum, White Copperas. 



3. V. parasitic um, Yellow Copperas-. 



4. V. Ctyprium, Blue Vitriol. 



5. V. Zincicum White Vitriol. 



6. V. Cobalticuin, Cobalt- Vitriol. 



7. V. Uranicum, Johannite. 



8. V. bicolor, Botryogen. 



Genus 9. G^alum.! 



H = 2.5— 3.5. C =2.7— 2.9. Taste weak. 



Sp. 1. G. obliquum, Glauherite. 



2. G. columnare, Pohjhalite. 



CLASS II— ENTOGiEA. 



ORDER I. HALINEA. 

 Genus 1. Astasialus.| 



H = 1.5 — 2. G = l — 2.5. Decomposed in the flame of a candle. 



Sp. 1. A. phytogeneus,§ Oxalate of Lime. 



Genus 2. Cryalus.|| 



H=2.25 — 2.5. G=2.9 — 3. Fusible in the flame of a caudle. 

 ■Sp. 1. C. fusilis, Cryolite. 



* The salts of iron were termed Martial by the alchemists, from MaTS, the 

 -alchemistic name of iron. 



t TaXa, earth, and a>?, salt, in allusion to the composition and slight solubility 

 •of the species. 



X "AerTorof, unstable; alludes to the facility with which the species is decomposed. 



() ftvToytvcos, originating from plants ; the species is supposed to be of vege- 

 table origin. 



li Kpvoi, ice, and SAs, salt ; from the ready fusibility of the mineral. 



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