INFLAMMABLES. 76. Succinum. 
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76. SUCCINUM. Lightilh, yellow^ generally 
tranfparent, fhining internally, of a conchoidal 
Iradure, tough and brittle, when rubbed or 
heated fragrant and ftrongly attrafting draws 
and light bodies: yielding by diftillation fucci- 
nic acid. 
Succinum. 
■A 
Eleftrum diaphanum. nat. \ .p, 167. «. ^ 
Succinum durius. Wall. fiH. z. f. 108., t. 
Amber. Kirwan X ScbmiJ/ir l. /. 298. 
Amber. Berkenbout oatl. p. 256. 
Common amber. ‘Thom/cn chem. 4. p. 16, 
Found in Great-Briiain, principally op the Suffelk coaft, and in 
various parts of Europe, either on the fea-lhores or at a con- 
fiderablc diftance under ground : ' colour honey-yellow, paler 
or deeper, fometimes verging to ochraceous, grcepilh, brown- 
i(h, blackilh or reddilh ; more or Ipf? tranfparent, and ofien 
marked with clouds or fpjcks, and inclofing infefts and other 
light bodies : it is never found cryttallized, but is brittle and 
can eafily be reduced to powder : it is highly eleftrir, and if 
a piece he kindled it burn? to the end with pungent white 
vapours and without melting: it takes a good potiih, and is 
made into beads, necklaces and other ornaments : fpecific 
gravity from 1,078. to 1,085. 
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