Types
For many centuries, in Europe, North America and elsewhere, commercial proponents of mineral springs classified them according to the chemical composition of the water produced and according to the medicinal benefits supposedly accruing from each:
- Lithia springs contained lithium salts.
- Chalybeate springs contained salts of iron.
- Alum springs contained alum.
- Sulfur springs contained hydrogen sulfide gas.
- Salt (saline) springs contained salts of calcium, magnesium or sodium.
- Alkaline springs contained an alkali.
- Calcic springs contained lime (calcium hydroxide).
- Thermal (hot) springs could contain a high concentration of various minerals.
- Soda springs contained carbon dioxide gas (soda water).
- Sweet springs were springs with no detectable sulfur or salt content (arguably not 'mineral' springs at all).
- Radioactive springs contain traces of radioactive substances such as radium or uranium.
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