CATALOGUE 
OF 
AMERICAN MINERALS, 
NOT HITHERTO POUND IN THE STATE OF NEW-YORK; WITH SHORT DESCRIPTIONS, 
LOCALITIES, &c. 
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. 
BISMUTHINE. 
Sulphuret of Bismuth. Cleaveland and Phillips. 
Colour lead or steel-grey. Crystallized and massive. Primary a right rhombic prism. M 
on M' about 91°. Lustre metallic. Hardness 2.0 to 2.5. Sp. gr. 3.64. Before the blow¬ 
pipe, volatilized and easily fused. Composed of bismuth 60, sulphur 40. 
Occurs at Haddam, Connecticut. 
BISMUTH OCHRE. 
Oxide of Bismuth. Cleaveland. 
Colour yellowish. Massive, earthy and pulverulent. Soft. Sp.gr. 4.36. Reduced to 
the metallic state on charcoal. Composed of bismuth 89.87, oxygen 10.13. 
It accompanies the preceding. 
BLACK MANGANESE. 
Hausmannite. Haidinger. 
Colour brownish or iron black. Crystallized and massive. Primary an octahedron with a 
square base. P on P' 117° 30L Lustre imperfect metallic. Hardness 5.0 to 5.5. Sp.gr. 
