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silica and alumina as "Chrome ochre/' 

 clayey, greenish. Oxide of chromium colours 

 the emerald, and a variety of chrysoberl. 

 Chromic solutions are green or violet, with 

 borax a green glass is formed, becoming of a 

 deeper shade when cool. Symb. Cr. 

 11. FAMILY. - Stypteriides. Minerals containing 

 compounds of Aluminium. Occur 1, as 

 Oxide, " Sapphire/' " Corundum/' or " Eme- 

 ry," rhombohedral, sometimes massive, sp. 

 gr. 4, H. = 9, colour various, in crystalline 

 rocks, river beds, &c. ; 2, as Hydrous- oxide 

 or " Diaspore," trimetric, sp. gr. 3'4, H. = 6 

 -6'5 ; grayish, very brittle ; 3, as Sulphate, 

 in combination with sulphates of other metals, 

 usually of potassa, soda, or magnesia, " Na- 

 tive alum," octahedral, soluble, astringent ; 

 4, as Phos2Jhate, with silica, calcia. copper, &c., 

 or " Turquois," reniform, stalactitic or en- 

 crusting, sp. gr. 2'6-2'8, H. -- 6, bluish-green, 

 in Persia ; 5, as Hydrous-Silicate in nume- 

 rous forms, as " Collyrite," " Halloysite," 

 " Allophane," " Finite/' or combined with an 

 alkali, as the " Zeolites," which swell before 

 the blowpipe; 6, as Anhydrous -silicates, 

 also various, as "Kyanite," " Andulusite /' 

 with an alkali, forming the Felspars which oc- 

 cur in granite, gneiss, mica-slate, porphyry, 

 pumice, basalt, obsidian, &c. ; with silicates of 

 calcia,oxides of iron and manganese, dodeca- 

 hedral, or "Garnet," sp.gr. 3'5-4-3, H.=6'5-7'5, 



