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PHYSIOGRAPHY. 



Skorodite. 



M on di 

 dlon d\' 



141 26' 

 103 00 



M on / - 103 5' 



Fig. 394. 



Carinthia. 



Cleavage, imperfect parallel to M and f. Fracture un- 

 even. Surface, d uneven and irregularly streaked parallel 

 to its own edges. M and /streaked vertically. The rest 

 of the faces commonly very smooth and even. 



Lustre vitreous, inclining to adamantine on the surface, 

 and to resinous in the interior. Color, principally leek- 

 green, which passes almost into white ; also bluish-white, 

 olive-green and liver-brown. Streak white. Semi-trans- 

 parent . . . translucent on the edges. 



Rather brittle. Hardness 3-5 . . .4-0. Sp. gr. = 3'162. 



1. Before the blow-pipe, it emits an arsenical odor, and melts into a 

 reddish -brown scoria, which acts upon the magnet, if it has been heated 

 long enough to drive off all the arsenic. 



2. Analysis. 



By CHENEVIX. By FICINUS. 



from Saxony. 



0000 



lime & manganese. 47-80 

 . ^ . 31-40 

 18-00 

 000 

 154 



