 | | Book | | MANUAL OF MINERALOGY; CORNWALL •ONTR1BUTES TO THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE SCIENCE...minerals in general, and the localities , of those of Cornwall, hitherto known, in par ticular, with the economical...before the public the first Book ever printed in Cornwall on the most beauti* ful branch of natural history...agents are more nume rously crowded together in Cornwall than in any other part of the British empire."...of the structure of the globe. II. The basis of Cornwall, whether a crystallization arising from fire, |  | | Book (edition) | | stances, and are capable of replacing one another in mine rals without altering their crystalline form . In...Machines for this purpose have been devised in England and on the Continent. Those worked by hand are...The observer may here “ kill two birds with one stone,” by also noting the colour of themineral,which...solution sink, those of slightly less density will float on the surface, while if any be present of the same...not the only possible, forms of GY 58 RALO MINE . hemihedrism met with in the tetragonal system |  | | Book | | Ankerite. Pennite, Gurhofite. Apatite. Asparagus Stone. Moroxite. Phosphorite. Loweite. Common Struvite...Baryta. Tripe Stone. Vulpinite. Witherite. Baryto-calcite. Barytes. Bolognese Stone. Hepatite. AUomorphite...Scheelite. Eye Stalagmite. \ Oriental Alabaster, j Stone. Travertine. Perowskite. Rutherfordite. Ostreocolla...Ferruginous Quartz. Aventurine. Hacked Quartz. Potato Stone, or Geode. Fulgurite. Chalcedonic Quartz. Chalcedony...Jasper. Touchstone, Lydian Stone, or Basanite. Cellular Quartz, or Floats stone. Siliceous Sinter. Pearl |  | | Book (volume) | | must needs them, age of, strata has termed Mine- only combinations upper have knowledge various...colour, regularly worked, the it common Fire-stone of the and tolera- it will not as practice...it 1. Homogeneous, Order Lime. Roach Abbey Stone, ble magnesiata. in carving. neighbourhood...it 403. 5 TAB. CCCCIII. Fire-Stone*. Class Fire-stone, in the cially to 1. Earths. commonly...cent.), per it is where there is quarrying stone above the best bed generally without a although |  | | Book (volume) | | sufficiently ascertained. The characters of the mine- from their action upon light, will no doubt form...Robert Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mine, By William Phillips. Third edition. Lon- ralogy...mineral wells, and of the sea, though in variable stone, clay, &c. It occurs upon certain varieties of...Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Switzerland ; also in England, in Spain, and in many other countries in and out...Ve- suvius, the Solfataras, the Lipari islands, England, particularly the neighbourhood of Newcastle, Scotland |  | | Book (edition) | | ^ fe o -• vO y MINERALOGY AND MINING. Mine Accidents —Ventilation — Ore Dressing, Etc. DESCRIPTIVE...lific of valuable treats and advice." PRACTICAL MINE VENTILATION. WILSON. For the Use of Mining Engineers...above, there is also the department of Economic Mine) alogy, which is not here and (3) in the coarser... titles as in : : ; ; : ; ; ; ; ; Cornwall. Commenced 1875. Commenced Zeitschriit fiir...further on p. 173. PHYSICAL CHARACTERS OF 120 MINE.'?AL8. hedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron, it |  | | Book (edition) | | of the Mineralogical Society London, and Truro, Cornwall. Commenced 1875. Zeitschrift fur Krystallographie...method of twinning is also common with the amazon-stone of Pike's Peak. The union of four crystals of this...(without any 2. Velvet-black : pure basalt, Lydian stone. green, brown, or blue tints) 4 Brown black ; obsidian...green inclining to blue ; some feldspar (ainazon-stone). Celandine-green: green with blue and gray ; some...ragus-green : pale green with much yellow ; asparagus stone (apatite). 11. Olive-green: dark green with much |  | | Book (volume) | | presence of the respective bodies, or to deter- mine Such a their quantity. alkalies, earths, metallic...analysis. The pletely from every other known stone result was, that all these stony bodies differ...analysis would alone decide the point: for India, England, France, it is quite inconceivable that in ...rests. * Ann. Je Chira. xlv. M&. f Mak Mag. xr. UK J Ibid. xvi. 298. 5 i COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE...with a microscope, four different sub.-tanccs the stone rying is composed in size lour, opaque, : |  | | Book (edition) | | of the Mineralogical Society London, and Truro, Cornwall. Commenced 1875. Zeitschrift fur Krystallographie...method of twinning is also common with the amazon-stone of Pike's Peak. The union of four crystals of this...pure green, brown, or blue tints) basalt, Lydian stone. black obsidian, black tourmaline. 4. Brown3. Greenish-black:...varieCelandine-green: green with blue and gray (amazon-stone). It is the color of the leaves of the celandine...yellowish green with some brown epidote. with much stone : pale green 'yellow; asparagus ragus-green (apatite) |  | | Book (edition) | | Ochre, ORDER V. PICROSMINE . 146 Sp. 1. Figure-Stone, 2. Dysyntribite, (s .) 3. Kerolite, Breit. * Quincite...Pale green, with much brown and yellow. ( Pitch stone.) 12. Oil-green . A green color still lighter,...the main mass remaining perfectly dark. ( Horn stone and jasper .) 5. Opaque, if a mineral transmits...aggregation . - In respect to the mode of aggregation, mine rals, in the first place, are either solid or fluid...Springs, N. Y. Bath , Cheltenham and Har rowgate, England . Sp. 5. ATMOSPHERIC Air. [ G = 1.00. Tasteless |  | | Book (edition) | | progress of Mineralogy in this country, and in England, pre sents a striking contrast with its rapid advancement...of ROBERT ALLAN . The recent copious “ System of Mine. ralogy and Geology ,” by Thomas Thomson, has also...describe the individual qualities of the several mine ral species, while Geology treats of them only as...angle edges rens above , t1 parts oi The law's , mine uni ex ! 1 il 11 ! O AIT T DODE CATTEDRANS...re es ; the lat the object of d variou Le several mine adividu associated in the reats of w pied only |  | | Book (volume) | | of considerable consequence to deter. • p i • t mine the proportion or tiiese two ingredients, and to...bodies differ completely from every other known stone; that they all resemble each other, and that they...for it is quite in¬ conceivable that in India, England, France, Germany, and Italy, in climates and in...different substances may be disco¬ vered of which the stone is composed: 1st, A nmnber of spherical bodies,...metallic state, scattered like the p^ndtes through the stone. 4th, The three substances just mentioned are cemented |  | | Book (edition) | | solite 9. and Epidote. Asparagus-green. paragus stone. 10. Blackish- green. Olive-green. Ex. Pitchstone...cannot produce the effect of that of the simple mine The al. application of the edges is subject...|| (4-0.) STONE. Rhombohedral Mum-Haloide. M. 13. 4-0...4-5. ...will afford to and utility in the practice of mine- such inquirers a pleasing occupation. PREFACE... not yet been gathered in even in the New England states, New New York, Jersey and Pennsylvania |  | | Book (edition) | | the lead Arseniate of cobalt has been discovered mine of Tyne-bottom, near Alston in Cumberland, in the...two pans should be made to fit, by grinding on a stone with sand, and they must be luted together with...number given by BerDr Prout's zelius, mine is nearly the mean. mine; his total oxygen being 60.95, and... Klaproth discovered in the melilite, or honey-stone, what he conceives to be a peculiar acid of the...alumina. This acid is easily obtained by reducing the stone to powder, and boiling it in about 70 times its |  | | Book (edition) | | two pans should be made to fit, by grinding on a stone with sand, and they must be luted together with...solution of barytes be added gradually by Berzelius, mine to a solution of citric acid, a flocculent precipitate...Klaproth dis- covered in the melilite, or honey-stone, what he conceives to be a peculiar acid of the...alumina. This acid is easily obtained by reducing the stone to powder, and boiling it in about 70 times its...465 = 100 3.62 Berzelius, From Not having a mine its specific much Hydrogen. ByLussac, posed |
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