IDRIALIN

idrialin, a mineral wax accompanying the mercury ore in idria. according to goldschmidt it can be extracted by means of xylol, amyl alcohol or turpentine; also without decomposition, by distillation in a current of hydrogen, or carbon dioxide. it is a white crystalline body, very difficultly fusible, boiling above 440° c. (824° f.), of the composition c40h28o. its solution in glacial acetic acid, by oxidation with chromic acid, yielded a red powdery solid and a fatty acid fusing at 62° c., and exhibiting all the characters of a mixture of palmitic and stearic acids.