NATURAL CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS.

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ORDER X. GALINEA.

Genus 1. Cyprites.*

H=2.5—1. G=4.3—5.8. Contain copper.

Sp. 1. C. cubicus,

2. C. tetrahedrus,

3. C. rectangulus,

4. C. dodecahedrus,

5. C. rhombicus,

Tin Pyrites .Gray Copper.Bournonite.Tennantite.Vitreous Copper.

Genus 2. Lunites.!

H=1.5—1.4. G=5.5—8.5. Contain silver.

Sp. 1. L. Selenicus,

2. L. Cupricus,

3. L. dodecahedrus,

4. L. Telluricus,

v $ - 5. L. Auricus,

a 6. L. rhombohedrus,

2 i 7. L. rhombicus,

% , 8. L. peritomus,

9. L. Molybdicus,

Eucairite.

Stromeyerite.

Vitreous Silver.

Telluric Silver.

Graphic Tellurium.Polybasite.

Brittle Silver Ore.

Antim. Sulphuret of Silver .Molybdic Silver .

Genus 3. Lycites.I

H=2—35.

Sp. 1. L. diatomus,

2. L. Berthieri,

3. L. Zinkeni,

4. L. acrotomus,

5. L. alliaceus,

G=4.5—5.8. Contain antimony.

Gray Antimony.Berthierite.Zinkenite.Jamesonite.

Arsenical Antimony ^

Genus 4. Plumbites.

H=1.5—3. G—6.8—8.5. CovXain lead.

3 ' Sp. 1- P. cubicus, Galena.

2. P. Cobalticus, Cobaltic Galena.

3. P. Selenicus, Clausthalite.

* Kujrpos, copper.

t From Luna, the alchemistic name of silver.

t Avkos, a wolf; gray antimony was called “ lupus metallorum,” wolf of the metals,by the alchemists.

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