Cronstedt Min. §§ 229. 230. Pſeudogalena.

ANTIMONIUM
OR
ANTIMONY.

§ 237.

Its ſpecific gravity is 6,860. Aqua regia diſſolves it well; vitriolic acid requires boiling; muriatic and acetous acids act hardly at all upon it, unleſs previouſly calcined. The nitrous acid corrodes it ſo as to prevent the ſolution. The phlogiſton it loſes in ſolution is expreſſed by 120, and with reſpect to the force wherewith it retains this, it ſtands in the ſixth place. It melts at a heat of 809 degrees.

§ 238.

ANTIMONIUM nativum (antimony). Native.

Cronstedt Min. § 238.

§ 239.

ANTIMONIUM (antimony), mineralized by ſulphur. Sulphurated.

Cronstedt Min. § 234.