174 Arrangement, of Minerals. 



Tabular View of an Arrangement of Misbrals founded upon' 

 Fhy steal and Chemical Characters, * 



CLASS I. 

 Order I. Gas. Ord. II. Water. Ord. III. Acid. Ord. IV. Salt. 



CLASS 11. 



A. Haloidal Minerals. 



Tasteless compounds of Earths and Acids, and of Metals and 



Acids. 



Subclass I. HALLITE. — Saline Minerals. 

 Tasteless compounds of Earths and Acids. 



Order I. Kuphallite — Light Saline Minerals. 

 Example^ Gypsum. 



Order II. Barallite — Heavy Saline Miiierals. 

 Ex. Heavy-Spar, 



Subclass II. HALOCHALCITE— aS'^/Zw^ Ores. 



Tasteless compounds of Metals and Acids. 



Order I. Baralochalcite. — Heavy Saline Ores. 

 Ex. Sparry-Iron. 



Order II. KuphalochalCite — Light Sali7ie Ores. 

 Ex. Malachite. 



Order III. Micalochalcite. — Micaceous Saline Ores. 

 Ex. Uran-Mica. 



Order IV. Keralochalcite Comeoys Saline Ores. 



Ex. Horn-Ore. 



B. Earthy Minerals. 



Order L Mica. Order II. Graphite. f Order III. Stea- 

 tite. Order IV. Spar. Order V. Gem. 



C. Metalliferous Minerals. 



Order I. Ore, or Oxide. Order II. Metal, or Native 

 Metal. Order III. Pyrites. Order IV. Glance. 

 Order V. Blende. Order VI. Sulphur. 



* In this Tabular View, used in my lectures on Natural History, the 

 whole of the genera and species of the system are not enumerated, and the 

 characters of the orders and genera are not so fully detailed as in the class- 

 room. — Edit. 



t The Order Graphite is placed provisionally among the Earthy Minerals. 



