† cryptolinen.
Mineralogy. Obsolete.
A liquid of uncertain composition found in cavities in certain mineral specimens. Cf. brewsterlinite n.D. Brewster published an account of the liquid in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. (1826) 10 1.
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1850 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 3) v. vii. 559 Brewsterline. Fluid... Occurs in minute cavities in crystals of topaz... Cryptoline.—A second fluid was also distinguished in the same crystals that contained the preceding..yet they were not miscible, and remained distinct. On exposure it hardens speedily into a yellowish transparent resin-like substance.
1881 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 3 42 The dense and darker liquid..first noticed by Brewster, and afterwards styled cryptoline or cryptolinite, as well as another liquid,..are now recognised merely as saline solutions of varying composition.
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