Manual of Mineralogy and Geology: Designed for the Use of Schools and for Persons Attending Lectures on These Subjects : as Also a Convenient Pocket Companion for Travellers in the United States of AmericaWebsters and Skinners, 1826 - 229 strán (strany) |
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Manual of Mineralogy and Geology: Designed for the Use of Schools and for ... Ebenezer Emmons Úplné zobrazenie - 1826 |
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antimony Argillaceous argillite arsenic barytes Bitumen blowpipe blue borax brittle brown calcareous carb carbonate of copper carbonate of lime Cerium clay coal cobalt Color grey Color white compact composed of silex conchoidal consists of silex contains copper crystals cube earthy effervescence Epidote feldspar fibrous foliated fracture conchoidal fuses garnet GENUS globule gneiss grains granite granular green greenish grey copper greyish-white hard hornblende intumescence knife laminæ lead Lignite lime limestone lustre lustre pearly lustre vitreous magnesia manganese masses mercury metallic mica slate Muriate Native nearly New-York oblique octaedron odor opake oxide of iron oxide of manganese parallel phosphate planes potash powder primary form primitive rocks prism pyrites pyroxene quartz resembles resinous rhombic prism Scapolite scratches glass serpentine siliceous slaty soda sometimes spar SPECIES SPECIES II Specific gravity streak structure foliated SUB SPE sulphate sulphuret of silver tellurium tinge Titanium Tourmaline translucent transparent varieties yellow yellowish yields zinc
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