ftrru, 
^um. 
metals. 84. Cuprum. 
263 
2. Hard, brittle, taking a fine poUfli, fraaurc conchoidal finely 
fibrous or lamellar 
. XII. 
. p. 146. n. 15. 
Cuprum viride gypfeum. Sj’/?- ; 
Teira gypfw venere mixta. Crontt. vun. 30. 
Compaft Malachite. Kir^wan mineral. 2. p. 
Compaft Malachit. Uchmeiffer miner, z.p. i 3 ». 
Compafl Malachite, ^homjon chem. s,. p.^. 
I. Hard, brittle, of a fibrous or radiated fraaure and filky luftre. 
Ochra cupri genninans. Syfi^nat, xu. p* 194* 
Fibrous Malachite. Kirmian miner. 2. p- 1 3 • • 
Radiated Malachit. Schmeiffer mineral. 2. p. 30. 
Fibrous Malachite. Thomfin chem. if. p. 
Buflus-like Carbonate of Copper. Sonuerby. t. ^'l, 
Green Malachite. Rajleigh fafe. 1. r. 7./. 0 . 
*■ c”p'^r»n,. of 
Sihtria llunrarf, Saxony, Bohemia, &c. in folid mafles or m 
Ltll particlls interfperfed in different 
forms as kidney-fliuped, botryoidal, ftalaaitical, or in 
concentric layers : colour from a dull to a light apple-green r 
luftre ufually^filky : before the blowpipe it ^ 
Wackens but do« not melt, and gives a green colour to the 
flame ■ it effervefees with nitric acid, and tinges borax ycl- 
lowifli-erccn and alkalies blue : fpecifio graviy from 3 , 57 >. 
to a 6;f • a fpecimen from Siberia contained copper 58.0, 
carbonic acid lio. oxygene 12,5. water 1 1,5. Kiaproth. 
Olive-Kreeu, foluble in muriatic acid with 
and the foUition giving a blue precipitate with pruff- 
ate of potafs, without metallic luftre. 
1 Of an earthy texture, friable, clear ollve-greem 
' Cuprum ochraceum. Kanten Ujke mineral. 1 . /. 42s- 
Fer^ruginous green Copper ore. SchmeiJJer 2. 1 41 • 
Of a compaa and flag-like ftate, dark olive-green. 
2. 
Ot a compact an- *."6 ■ , , , • n. 
T- j -r rnmCJorf in Saxony, and near SaalfeU, in compact 
Found near ^ ; ,^5 interfperfed through other minerals : 
U le ihinine • wnen rubbed it leaves a green trace : it is 
compofS of copper, iron, pxygene. and carbonic acid. 
. heeomius blue with prufliate of potafs, 
‘^lenhale. Dull olive-gri 'arfen^Tfumes “before the blowpipe and 
kaiing a duaile copper bead. 
KlaTroib Schreb. Bert. Naturf. 7 - f. «6o. 
mofopbical^ranfaa.x 801 . /■ 1 69, &c. 
Olive Lpper ore. Kirixan mineral, a. p- « 5 r- 
