DIAMOND 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Extremely hard. 
Fracture foliated. 
Burns and consumes like an inflammable substance in a 
certain degree of heat. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Adamas pbetiosissimus. Adamas. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 3. 
p. 211. 
Alumen lapidosum pellucidissimum 
solidissimum hyalinum. Mus. 
Tessin. 38. no. 3. 
Gemma pellucidissima omnium du- 
rissima, pulverisata, nigrescens. 
Waller. Syst. Miner. 1 . p. 230. 
no. l. 
D am ant. Baum. Miner, p. 225. 
Diamond Cronst. Miner. 1 . p. 123. Kirwan. 
Miner. 1 . p.393. Brongn.Min. 2. 
p. 58. Patrin. Hist. Nat. des 
Miner. 1 . p. 224. 
Those persons who are totally unacquainted with 
the operations of chemistry, will not readily believe 
that the most precious stone in the world is no- 
