anal

[From Lat. anus = the anus.] Pertaining to the anus. Ichthyol. The anal fin is the fin placed on the lower part of a fish's body, and so far behind as to be near the anus. the first rays of the dorsal and anal fins."Griffith's Cuvier, vol. x., p. 7. ăn-al-çīte, ăn-al-çime, s. [In Ger. analzim; Gr. ἄναλκις ( αnalkis ) = weak: a, priv., and ἀλκή ( alke ) = strength. So called because by rubbing it becomes weakly electric.] A mineral cla ed by Dana as the type of his Analcite group. It occurs isometric, in trapezohedrons, and ma ive granular. Its hardne is 5 to 5.5, its sp. gr. 2-22 to 2.29 or 2-278, the lustre vitreous, the colour white tinged with other hues. It varies from transparent to opaque. It is brittle. It consists of silica 51 to 55 12, alumina 22-23 to 24:13, lime 0-27 to 582, soda 645 to 1465, pota ium 0.55 to 4:46, and water 768 to 9.75. It is found in Scotland in the Kilp a trick and Campsie Hills, at Bowling, in Glen Farg, on the Calton Hill near Edinburgh, and at Kilmalcolm; in Ireland in Antrim; in the Faroe Isles; in various other parts of Europe; in Nova Scotia, Canada, and the United States. Dana considers Picranalcime probably to be analcite altered by the magnesian proce , and Cluthalite also to be changed analcite.