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A very interesting and in
structive pamphlet has been
compiled by I. F. Laucks, Inc,
chemists, assa.vers and metal
lurgists, of Seattle, Wash, and
we have been lavored with a
copy.
It. is entitled “Minerals in the
Field” and gives a lot of val
uable hints as to how to reco
gnize valuable minerals.
Tiie paragraphs printed below
are extracts:
The lollowing means of ident
ilicaiion of valuable minerals
ate based on the easily recogniz
able properties of luster, color,
weight, etc, and are only approx
imate methods.
Luster:
Any mineral having a metallic
luster is likely to be a valuable
mineral.
Minerals which are valuable
which have non-metallic luster
with a light color are as follows:
Lead carbonate and sulphate
j Zinc c iroonate zinc silicate (cal
amine)
Antimony Oxide, Barium sul
phate (Bame)
Scheelite (Tungsten)
Celestite (Strontium)
2 Magnesite, aluminum
oxide (Bauxite), Alunite (potash
aiumina) fire clay, fullers earth
phosphate rock, gypsum, infu
! serial earth.
t
Of these the first list are
heavy while the last list are light
in weight.
Minerals with resinous luster
are zinc blend, sulphur, some
varieties of chromite.
Color:
The following are distinctive
colors which generally always
indicate one of the minerals fol,
lowing them.
Green
A green stain in an ore indi
cates either copper, nickel or va
nadium. Some silver, lead, va
nadium, tJ ig«tea and zinc min
erals are green.
Glue
Copper minerals
Red
The common red tnineialsare
1 copper, mercury, arsenic, zinc,
ruoy silver, lead oxide, iron. All
of these are heavy.
Yeilow
A soft yellow mineral may be
molybdic oxide, carnotite (uran
ium and radium), certain vanad
ium minerals, or it may be only
an iron salt. Minerals which are
yellow and crystalline are sul
phur, some - lead and cadmium
ores.
Orange
Some lead, cnromium and mo
lybdenum ores are orange in col
or. A piso tin in gener
ally indicates cobalt.
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