idrialin
(ˈɪdrɪəlɪn)
[f. as next + -in.]
1. Min. The name originally given by Dumas (in 1832) to idrialite.
| 1844 Dana Min. (ed. 2) 517 Idrialin. |
2. Chem. The essential constituent of idrialite, C42H28O, forming colourless scales which melt at a very high temperature.
| 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 748 When branderz is distilled, idrialin comes over in brilliant plates, light and micaceous,..burning with the exhalation of a balsamic odour. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 397/1 Idrialin was obtained by M. Dumas from a mineral found in the quicksilver mines of Idria. 1865–72 Watts Dict. Chem. III. 242 Idrialin heated with strong sulphuric acid forms a solution of a fine blue colour, like that of sulphindigotic acid. |