Therefore the only safe way of determining whether decrepitation occurs or not is by testing the stone, preferably under field conditions.    From Wordnik.com.  [3. Technical and Production Information] Reference

Some are said to contain nitre, a proof of which is shown by their frequent decrepitation when thrown on the fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference

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The gunpowder without the mephitis being fired, the combustion was soon communicated to the other extremity of the train, and to the phosphorus, which took fire with decrepitation, burnt rapidly, with a bright flame, slightly coloured with veilow and green, and left on the wood a black mark, as of charcoal.    From Wordnik.com.  [A General collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world [microform] : many of which are now first translated into English : digested on a new plan] Reference