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