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 axes axis B.B. fuses barite beds beryl blende blowpipe blue borax Brittle brown calcite calcium carbonate cent chalcopyrite chlorite cleavage coal cobalt color Composition containing copper County crystalline crystals cube cyanite Diff epidote feldspar fibrous flame fluorite forms fumes fuses easily fusible galenite garnet glass globule gneiss gold granite granular graphite gray grayish green heated hematite heulandite hexagonal hornblende hydrous infusible iron isometric lime limestone limonite lustre magnesia magnesium magnetic magnetite malachite manganese Mass massive metallic metamorphic mica mineral mines monoclinic native nearly nickel occurs octahedrons opaque orthoclase oxide oxygen planes potash protoxide pyrite pyroxene quartz rhombic prisms rhombohedral rocks rutile salt scapolite schist serpentine sesquioxide silica silver soda sometimes spar species sphene stilbite streak sulphate sulphide sulphur talc tourmaline translucent transparent tremolite Trimetric tube usually variety vertical vitreous yellow zinc zircon