374 Tabular Vierv of an Arrangement of Minerals. 



Subclass II.— HALOCHALCITE. 

 Saline Ores, or Tasteless compounds of Metals and Acids. 



Oeder I. BARALOCHALCITE.— -^ert^y, Tasteless, Saline 

 Ores. 

 Not metallic. No metallic pearly lustre. Streak white, 

 pale-brown, orange-yellow. Hardness = 20 — 5"5. Specific 

 gravity = 3-3 — 8*1 . 



Genera. 1. Sparry-Iron. 2. Red Manganese. 3. Retine-Spar. 

 4. Tungsten. 5. Calamine. 6. Lead-Spar. 7. Wiiite Anti- 

 mony ; or Antimony -Spar. 



Order II. KUPHALOCHALCITE.— L^;^/*/, Tasteless, 

 Saline Ores. 



Not metallic. Colour blue, green, yellow. Streak blue, 

 green, bi-own. Hardness = 20 — 50. Sp. gr.=2 5 — 42. 



Genera. 1. Liriconite, 2. Olivenite. 3. Blue Malachite. 4. 

 Emerald Malachite, or Silicate of Copper. 5. Green Mala- 

 chite. 6. Dystom-Malachite. 7- Copper-Green. 



Order III. MICALOCHALCITE.— Tos^e/^^s, Micaceous, 

 Saline Ores; or. Mica-like Saline Ores. 

 Genera. 1. Copper-Mica. 2. Uran-Mica. 



Order IV. KEKKLOCHKLQIT^.— Corneous, Tasteless, 



Saline Ores. 

 Not metallic. Streak white or grey. No single distinct 

 cleavage. Hardness = 1-0 — 2-0. Sp. gr. = 5-5 — 65. 

 Genera. Horn-Ore. 



Subclass III— TERRIGENOUS OR EARTHY 

 MINERALS. 



Minerals in most cases composed of one earth or more fre- 

 quently coloured by Metallic Oxides, especially Oxide of Iron. 



Order I. STEATITE. 



Not metallic. Streak white. Hardness = lo — 4-0. Sp. 

 gr. = 247— 3-0. 



