NRS588.190. Application: Analysis of agricultural minerals.

  The guaranteed analysis of agricultural minerals must be stated as follows:

      1.  Limestone, limerock, chalk, dolomite, dolomitic limestone, marl, oystershell, shells and every other agricultural mineral, the principal constituent of which is calcium carbonate, the percentage of calcium carbonate therein.

      2.  Burnt lime, quicklime, and every agricultural mineral, the principal constituent of which is calcium oxide, the percentage of calcium oxide therein.

      3.  Hydrated lime, slacked lime, and every agricultural mineral, the principal constituent of which is calcium hydroxide, the percentage of calcium hydroxide therein.

      4.  By-products in the manufacture of sugar or acetylene and every other agricultural mineral obtained as a by-product, the principal constituent of which is a compound of calcium, the neutralizing powers expressed as calcium carbonate equivalent.

      5.  Gypsum, land plaster, plaster, and every agricultural mineral, the principal constituent of which is calcium sulfate, the percentage of calcium sulfate dihydrate (CaSO4-2H2O) therein.

      6.  Sulfur, brimstone, and every agricultural mineral, the principal ingredient of which is elemental sulfur, the percentage of elemental sulfur therein.

      7.  In the case of any agricultural mineral not specifically mentioned herein, the percentage of all constituents claimed to be therein in terms or equivalent as prescribed by the Director.

      8.  In the case of any mixture of two or more agricultural minerals, the percentage of each principal constituent as prescribed in this section.

      [Part 3:203:1951]—(NRS A 1961, 577; 1975, 360; 1993, 1792; 1999, 3734)