Table of ContentsCalamine—(carbonate of zinc)Zinc Blende (sulphide of Zinc, Black Jack or marmatite)Silicate of Zinc (zinc glance)Red Zinc Ore Minerals to be tested for zinc
Table of ContentsCassiterite (tin ore, oxide of tin, tinstone)Stream TinWood TinBellmetal Ore (sulphide of tin) When a tin-bearing mineral is heated before the blowpipe with
Most precious stones belong to such formations as granitic, gneissic, porphyritic rocks, and are generally found in the débris of such; and although certain diamond-bearing
Table of ContentsNative SilverBrittle Silver Ore (sulphide of silver and antimony)Silver Glance (sulphide of silver, argentite)Horn Silver (chloride of silver)Ruby Silver (pyrargyrite) Silver ores, Silver
Table of ContentsNative MercuryCinnabar (sulphide of mercury)Chloride of Mercury (horn quicksilver)Selinide of Mercury If heated in a glass tube together with carbonate of soda, mercury
Table of ContentsKupfernickel (Arsenical nickel)White Nickel (nickel glance)Emerald Nickel (a carbonate of nickel) To test the presence of nickel in a mineral, by means of
Table of ContentsGalena (the principal ore of lead)Carbonate of Lead (white lead ore)PyromorphiteChromate of LeadSulphate of Lead Lead compounds part of the Lead Mineral Group,
Table of ContentsIron PyritesMagnetic PyritesArsenical Pyrites mispickelSpecular Iron (haematite)Varieties of Specular Iron oreMagnetic Iron Ore (loadstone)Brown Iron Ore (limonite)Varieties of IRON MINERALSFranklinite ( an American ore)Copperas
Table of ContentsTELLURIDES IN GOLD ORESWhere to look for Native GoldPANNING FOR GOLD IN AUSTRALIAGold Panning in VictoriaPanning for Gold in New South WalesPanning for
Table of ContentsALUMINIUMBauxiteCryoliteANTIMONYSulphide of Antimony (grey antimony)The ore from which the antimony is extracted:Fuses in the flame of a candleBISMUTHCHROMIUMTYPES OF COBALT MINERALSTin White CobaltEarthy