§ 240.

ANTIMONIUM (antimony) mineralized by ſulphur and arſenic. Red.

Cronstedt Min. § 235.

MANGANESIUM,
OR
MANGANESE.

§ 241.

Its ſpecific gravity is 6,850. This new metal is ſoluble in all the acids, and is ſo readily deprived of its ſaturating phlogiſton that with iron and ſome others it ſtands the loweſt in the ſeries. 227 expreſſes the quantity of phlogiſton it loſes in ſolution. It is very difficult to melt, more ſo than iron.

§ 242.

MANGANESIUM calciforme (manganeſe) ſimply deprived of phlogiſton. Calciform.

Cronstedt Min. § 114.

§ 243.