Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals
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Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals offers guidance for identifying rocks and minerals of the United States and interpreting their origins and meanings. The collecting advice recommends rock samples large enough to be characteristic and clear in their make-up, rather than tiny fragments that can become confused. The labelling instructions require every specimen’s name and exact locality, and suggest adding information about composition, structural features, associations, and classification to increase its interest.
The description of natrolite identifies bristling tufts of needle-like crystals, each shaped as an orthorhombic prism with a very low pyramid at the end. The description of natrolite says the mineral can melt in a candle flame and gives the flame a characteristic yellow colour due to sodium.
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- Author
- Frederic Brewster Loomis
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 349
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Educational
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