Excerpt from Familiar Lessons on Mineralogy and Geology: Explaining the Easiest Methods of Discriminating Metals, Earths, and Rocks to Which Has Been Added a Practical Description of the Use of the Lapidarys Apparatus
Familiar Lessons is to unlock, as it were, a casket of useful knowledge, by easy explanations, and to present to the learner a compendious view of the vast importance of Mineralogy.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book's accessible language guides beginners towards understanding mineralogy. It provides compelling proofs based on simple experiments the reader can perform, and teaches them to distinguish minerals one from another. The author also discusses more involved chemical analysis processes such as the application of heat, acids, and blow-pipes to determine a mineral's properties. This book is a wonderful option for rock and mineral collectors, students, and anyone interested in learning how to identify stones and gems. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781330688861_0
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