Note 78 — Chapter III · Application of the Natural History Method to Mineralogy.

I will not again enter into the subject of Nomenclature; but I may remark that M. Necker has adopted (i. 415) the Nomenclature of Beudant, latinizing the names, and thus converting each into a single word. He has also introduced, besides the names of Genera, names of Families taken from the typical Genus. Thus the Family of Carbonidiens contains the following genera: Calcispathum, Magnesispathum, Dolomispathum, Ferrispathum, &c., Malachita, Azuria, Gaylusacia.