Manual of Mineralogy and Lithology, Containing the Elements of the Science of Minerals and Rocks: For the Use of the Practical Mineralogist and Geologist, and for Instruction in Schools and Colleges |
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acid actinolite afforded albite alumina angle antimony apatite arsenic B.B. fuses barite basal beds beryl blende blowpipe blue borax brown calcite calcium called carbonate cent chalcopyrite charcoal chlorite cleavage coal cobalt color Composition compounds containing copper County crystalline crystals cube diamond Diff dimetric dodecahedron edges epidote feldspar fibrous flame fluorite forms fumes fusible galenite garnet glass globule gneiss gold granite granular graphite gray grayish green heated hematite hexagonal hornblende hydrous iron isometric lateral axes lime limestone limonite lustre magnesia magnesium magnetic magnetite malachite manganese masses massive metallic metamorphic mica mineral mines monoclinic native nearly nickel occurs octahedron opaque orthoclase oxide oxygen parallel planes potash prisms protoxide pyramid pyrite pyroxene quartz ratio rhombic prisms rhombohedral rocks salt scapolite serpentine sesquioxide silica silver soda sometimes spar species streak sulphate sulphide sulphur talc tourmaline transparent triclinic trimetric tube usually varieties vertical axis vitreous yellow zinc