fichtelite. 025 Artem^Th imbedd T d ei T® tals > in beds of brown coal at Artern in Thuringia, Lausclutz near Bilin in Bohemia and sparingly, massive, at Walcliow in Moravia. ’ besins. M 4 E°'-ir CHEEEE S ITE '~ Sclleererite 5 Beudant. Scheererit- Mohs, Hausmann, Haidinger. ocneerent, Oblique. Fracture conchoidal. Transparent...translucent. Lustre re sinous... adamantine. White, inclining to grey yellow nreen Steak Brittle. Unctu.u. g to g — 1 O...12. Tasteless. When heated emits a faint aromatic smell. At 44° c melts 1 J iqui n’ and c O-stallize S on cooling. At 03 c distils unchanged. Bums with a smoky flame, and a taint aromatic odour, leaving no residue. Insoluble in water soluble in alcohol, aether, nitric and sulphuric acids. CIP, carbon 75, hydrogen 25. Analysis of scheererite from Uznach by Macaire-Prinsep : — Carbon 73 Hydrogen 24 Is found in crystals filling crevices in brown coal, at TJznach near St. Gallen, and at Bach in the Westerwald. 401. KONLEINITE.— Konlite; Dufrenoy. Konleinit • Hausmann. Kdnlit; Haidinger. ’ White, g =.o-88. Melts at 107-5. 114° c. Burns with a smoky flame and am empyreumatic smell, without leaving any ash. Ciystallizes from its solution m boiling alcohol in thin plates. C l H, carbon 02-31, hydrogen 7-00. Analyses of konleinite from Uznach by Kraus and from Ked- witz by Trommedorf:— Carbon .... 02*49 92*43 Hydrogen . . . 7*42 7*57 Is found in crystalline plates and grains, in brown coal at Uznach near St. Gallen in Switzerland, with sheererite, and at Eedwitz in Bavaria, in bituminous wood in a peat bog. 462. FICHTELITE.—Fichtelite ; Dufrenoy. Fichtelit • Hausmann, Haidinger. ent > £ e