It does not rapidly dissolve or effervesce (fizz) in dilute hydrochloric acid as calcite does.
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 is unusual among the silicate minerals in that it will effervesce with hydrochloric acid due to the associated carbonate ions.
In its early years of production, the slight effervesce of the wine came from malolactic fermentation taking place in the bottle.
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.
He had pioneered treatment with iron and effervescing medicine which engineered a remission, and so prolonged life.
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.
