410 resin Family. It is light. Specific gravity, 1,5858 to 1.666, Chemical Characters. Before the blowpipe, it becomes white and opaque, with black spots, and is at length reduced to ashes: when heated in a close vessel, it becomes black. Physical Character. It becomes slightly resino-electric by friction. Constituent Parts. Alumina, - - 16 Mellilitic Acid, 46 Water of crystallisation, - 38 100 Klaproth, Beit. b. iii. s. 114, Geognostic and Geographic Situations. It occurs superimposed on bituminous wood and earth, coal, and is usually accompanied with sulphur. It hat, been hitherto found only at Aertern in Thuringia, and Langenbogen in the circle of Saal. ' Observations. 1. Its name is borrowed from its honey-yellow colour. 2 It differs from Jmber, in being crystallised, refract ing double, and in being softer, heavier, and less power fully electric. 3. It is chemically distinguished from Amber: on burn ing coal amber intumesces, and diffuses a fragrant odour; Honeystone, on the contrary, becomes white, without intumescence or fragrant odour. 3. Kctin