Elements of mineralogy, crystallography and blowpipe analysis from a practical standpoint .. . rom carbonated water solution princi-pally in rock cavities and mineral veins. It is found with gypsum and in beds ofserpentine and with iron ores as flos ferri, the coraloidal variety. It can be changed into calcite by heat, and the difference between it and calcite issupposed to be that the calcite is deposited from cold solution and aragonite from hotsolution. It is not of common occurrence, but is found at Sulphur Creek and Colton,California, also in Solano County, Cal.; in Lockport and Edenville
Elements of mineralogy, crystallography and blowpipe analysis from a practical standpoint .. . rom carbonated water solution princi-pally in rock cavities and mineral veins. It is found with gypsum and in beds ofserpentine and with iron ores as flos ferri, the coraloidal variety. It can be changed into calcite by heat, and the difference between it and calcite issupposed to be that the calcite is deposited from cold solution and aragonite from hotsolution. It is not of common occurrence, but is found at Sulphur Creek and Colton,California, also in Solano County, Cal.; in Lockport and Edenville, N. Y.; in Madi-son CouAty, N. Y.; Haddam, Warsaw, 111., etc. CALCITE.—Calcspar, Limestone, Marble, IcelandSpar, Etc. Composition.—CaCOj, (CaO , CO2 per cent). General Description.—Yellowish white to white or colorless,more or less transparent crystals, usually rhombohedrons or sca-lenohedrons. Massive with easy cleavage or coarse to fine- 312 DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY. grained, stalactitic, and occasionally fibrous, lamellar or pulveru-lent. Fig. 527. Fig. 528. Fig. Fig. 530. Fig. 531.
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