Honey-stone, or MELLITE, a mineral of remarkable characters and composition, found in connection with brown coal (generally accompanied by sulphur) in several places in Germany. It occurs in square octahedrons, looks like a honey-yellow resin, and may be cut with a knife. It is a mellate of alumina, consisting of mellitic acid, alumina, and water.
Honey-stone
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 763
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