TABLE 1. YOU DETKKMLNATION OF MINERALS. 



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* Fusible, 

 f Infusible. 

 b. Fumes before the blowpipe. 

 II. Luster metallic. 



A. Streak unmetallic. 



* No fumes before the blowpipe on charcoal, 

 f Fumes before the blowpipe. 



B. Streak metallic. 



* Malleable. 



f Not malleable ; no fumes when heated. 

 j Not malleable ; fumes when heated. 

 The abbreviations used in these tables are as follows : 



Ad. 



Adamantine. 



Limest. 



Limestone. 



Amyg. 



Amygdaloidal. 



Mag. 



Magnetic. 



Antim. 



Antimony. 



Mam. 



Mammillary. 



Arsen. 



Arsenical. 



Mas. 



Massive. 



B,bh. 



Blue, bluish. 



Met. 



Metallic. 



Bl. 



Blowpipe. 



Mur. 



Muriatic acid. 



Bn,bnh. 



Brown, brownish. 



Nit. 



Nitric acid. 



Bk, bkh. 



Black, blackish. 



Op. 



Opaque. 



Bor. 



Borax.* 



Phos. 



Salt of phosphorus.* 



Bot. 



Botryoidal. 



Fly. 



Pearly. 



Cleav. 



Cleavable. 



Pms. 



Prisms. 



Char. 



Charcoal. 



Prim. 



Primary rocks.t 



Col. 



Columnar. 



R, rdh. 



Red, reddish. 



Cryst. 



Crystals, crystalline. 



Rad. 



Radiated. 



Decrep. 



Decrepitate. 



Ren. 



Reniform. 



Deliq. 



Deliquescent. 



Res. 



Resinous. 



Dif. 



Difficult, difficultly. 



Soda, 



Carbonate of soda.* 



Div. 



Divergent. 



Sol. 



Soluble. 



Efferv. 



Effervescence. 



St. 



Streak. 



Exfol. 



Exfoliate. 



Stalact. 



Stalactitic. 



Fib. 



Fibrous. 



Stel. 



Stellate. 



Flex. 



Flexible. 



Strl. 



Translucent on edges only 



Fol. 



Foliated. 



Strp. 



Semitransparent. 



Fus. 



Fusible. 



Sulph. 



Sulphureous 



Gelat. 



Gelatinize. 



Submet. 



Submetallic. 



Glob. 



Globule. 



Sul. 



Sulphuric acid. 



Gn, gnh 



. Green, greenish. 



Trl. 



Translucent. 



"■ran. 



Granular. 



Trp. 



Transparent. 



.gyh 



. Gray, grayish. 



Vit. 



Vitreous 



Infus. 



Infusible. 



Vol. 



Volatile. 



Insol. 



Insoluble. 



Vole. 



Volcanic rocks. 



Intum. 



Intumesce. 



W,wh. 



White, whitish. 



Lam. 



Laminae. 



Yw.ywh. Yellow, yellowish. 



* Blowpipe frux. 



t This term as here used means simply, granite and the allied crys- 

 talline locks, syenite, gneiss, mica slate, talcose slate, hornblende rock, 

 witbcorl reference to age. „„* 



