Pouring hydrochloric acid, or HCL, over a mineral will cause carbonate minerals to effervesce. This application is called the "acid test," it simply examines the mineral or rocks reaction to acid. Calcite is the most commonly found carbonate mineral and it will fizz during the acid test. Dolomite is another carbonate mineral; however, it will only fizz if it is first powdered. Experiments also show that undiluted vinegar can cause effervescing, but it produces less vivacious results. Some sedimentary rocks that fizz include chalk, coquina, oolic limestone, fossilferous limestone, and micrite. The metamorphic rock marble also fizzes.
Acid can chemically alter certain minerals (carbonate minerals most notably), producing a bubbling or effervescence when applied directly to their surface. The rate at which the reaction occurs can also be indicative of certain minerals. Geologists often carry a small bottle of dilute hydrochloric acid with them when in the field, in order to use as a diagnostic tool.
Carbonate minerals tend to react vigorously upon exposure to acids, especially calcite.
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Carbon dioxide and water are produced when acids react with carbonate compounds. Therefore, if an acid reacts with a particular mineral and produces carbon dioxide, that mineral contains carbonate compounds.
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alkene
This is a chemical reaction between the acid and the mineral.
calcite
acid reaction
a carbonate
The acid test tells you whether it is a carbonate or not.
It tells us whether or not the mineral is a carbonate.
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The acetic acid is used in fouchet test because it is used to test a particular type of mineral.
acid reaction
It should bubble.
It distinguishes calciferous minerals from other minerals.
You could test for hardness, streak, cleavage, fluorescence, reaction to acid, radioactivity, flame test, etc.