Zeolite minerals will not effervesce in acid; instead, they become frosted after 510 minutes, and if left in acid for a day, they dissolve or become a silica gel.
He had pioneered treatment with iron and effervescing medicine which engineered a remission, and so prolonged life.
Calcite immediately effervesces in acid, whereas acid must be applied to powdered dolomite (often to a scratched surface in a rock), for it to effervesce.
In its early years of production, the slight effervesce of the wine came from malolactic fermentation taking place in the bottle.
It is unusual among the silicate minerals in that it will effervesce with hydrochloric acid due to the associated carbonate ions.
Moreover, the calcite alabaster, being a carbonate, effervesces upon being touched with hydrochloric acid, whereas the gypsum alabaster, when thus treated, remains practically unaffected.
It does not rapidly dissolve or effervesce (fizz) in dilute hydrochloric acid as calcite does.
The water has a strong taste of iron, and when fresh drawn, effervesces on being mixed with sugar, wine, or other acids.
