• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    24 days ago

    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.’