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B. SULPHATES : No effervescence; rceacticn B.B. on coal with soda 
for sulphur. 
MASCAGNITE, p. 231. Yields ammonia. 
MIRABILITE, p. 226. Monoclinic, crystals stout; taste cool, 
saline, bitter ; B.B. flame deep yellow. 
EPSOMITE, p 205. 'Trimetric, crystals ordinarily slender, spicule- 
like ; taste bitter and saline ; B.B. flame not yellow. 
ALUNOGEN, p.197. Taste like common alum. 
KALINITE, MENDOZITE and other alums, p. 198. 
MELANTERITE, p. 182. Green ; taste styptic ; reacts for iron. 
CHALCANTHITE, p. 137. Blue’; reacts for copper. 
MORENOSITE, p. 168. Green ; reacts for nickel. 
BIEBERITE, p. 168. Reddish ; reacts for cobalt. 
GOSLARITEH, p. 156. White; reacts for zinc. 
JOHANNITE, p. 171. Emerald-green, reacts for uranium. 
C. NITRATES: With sulphuric acid, reddish acrid fumes ; no action 
with hydrochloric acid ; deflagrate. 
NITRE, p. 228. Not efflorescent. Strong deflagration. 
SODA-NITRE, p. 229. Efflorescent. 
NITROCALCITE, p. 214. Deflagration slight. 
D. CHLORIDES : With sulphuric acid acrid fumes of HCl ; no fumes 
. with HCl. 
SALMIAK, p. 230. Taste saline, pungent ; on coal, evaporates ; with 
soda, odor of ammonia. 
SYLVITE, p. 224. Taste saline ; BB. flame purplish. 
HALITE or COMMON SALT, p. 224. Taste saline; B.B. flame 
yellow. 
E. BORATES. No effervescence with acids ; B.B. reaction for boron, 
when moistened with sulphuric acid. 
SASSOLITE, p. 97. Taste feevly acid ; B.B. very fusible. 
BORAX, p. 227. Taste sweetish alkaline ; B.B. puffs up. 
2. MINERALS NOT HAVING AN ACID, ALKA- 
LINE, ALUM-LIKE OR STYPTIC TASTE. 
A. CARBONATES: Effervescing with HCl. 
A. INFUSIBLE ; ASSAY ALKALINE AFTER IGNITION. 
CALCITE, p. 215. H. under 35; G.=2°5-2°72; RA R=105° 5 
with three easy cleavages parallel to R; colors various ; effervesces 
readily with cold HCl ; anhydrous. . 
