AMERICAN 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS. 
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Arr. XIV.—On Mineralogical Nomenclature; by JAmEs D. ink 
No. L. On System in Mineralogical Nomenclature. 
“ane INERALOGICAL nomenclature had already a commencement 
of system among the old Greeks and Romans; and this 
pila as that of the modern science. It consisted in add- 
. the word signifying a quality, constituent, use, or 
.. of the sto ne, the termination aes or ‘tis ; and although, ae 
of any scientific purpose, those of other kinds are numerous, 
inorganic nature. 
The following are a few examples, from Pliny’ s Natural 
History. 
1. Names derived from physical characters. 
Keaton from due, blood, in allusion to the ee of the powder. 
: m otéag, fat, in allusion to the greas 
sg my nlaing millstones, as well as our pyrite c.) from xi, fire, 
d to have a a affinity for fire, as shown ai ge 
Chin, from able or n allusion to the c 
Tamitis, from x a st, or earthenware, foi the color. 
» rom x 
Iii, from fainteaaliie reflections. o 
Sel gites, from géyyos, brightness, in allusion to the transparency. 
Mi enitis, from oedsjen, the moon, in sili to its reflections 
are yA Va in , athuston to its green color, from the Greek 
as Pegg en or Vor. XLIV, No. 181.—Serr, 1867. 
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