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minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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.’
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.’