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minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·23 hours agoWhile it may or may not meet your contextual definition of ‘rock’,… lead tastes somewhat sweet, apparently. The Romans boiled grape juice in lead pots to produce a kind of syrup that was used to sweeten wine. Lead is uh, a neurotoxin and likely carcinogen, so probably don’t lick the sweet rocks too much. According to: https://galleries.com/minerals/property/taste.htm … apparently borax tastes sweet and… alkaline? Chalcantite is described as ‘sweet metalic and slightly poisonous.’ Melanterite is apparently ‘sweet, astringent and metallic.’
minus-squaredjango@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 hours agoLead doesn’t taste sweet, but lead(II) acetate does: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead(II)_acetate.
minus-squareHazmatastic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·21 hours agoAlkaline is usually soapy in taste btw
While it may or may not meet your contextual definition of ‘rock’,… lead tastes somewhat sweet, apparently.
The Romans boiled grape juice in lead pots to produce a kind of syrup that was used to sweeten wine.
Lead is uh, a neurotoxin and likely carcinogen, so probably don’t lick the sweet rocks too much.
According to:
https://galleries.com/minerals/property/taste.htm
… apparently borax tastes sweet and… alkaline?
Chalcantite is described as ‘sweet metalic and slightly poisonous.’
Melanterite is apparently ‘sweet, astringent and metallic.’
Lead doesn’t taste sweet, but lead(II) acetate does: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead(II)_acetate.
Alkaline is usually soapy in taste btw