Field book of common rocks and minerals : $b for identifying the rocks and minerals of the United States and interpreting their origins and meaningsLoomis, Frederic Brewster
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Field book of common rocks and minerals : $b for identifying the rocks and minerals of the United States and interpreting their origins and meanings
Loomis, Frederic Brewster
Minerals -- United States; Rocks -- United States
[Illustration: A cube with the edges beveled and the corners cut in
a form characteristic of cuprite]
Plate 30
[Illustration: Two intergrowing or twinned quartz crystals]
[Illustration: Diagram of the typical quartz crystal, _p_ prism
faces, _l_ left hand rhombohedron, _r_ right hand rhombohedron]
[Illustration: A quartz crystal on which the left hand rhombohedron
is represented by small faces while the right hand rhombohedron has
large faces]
Plate 14
[Illustration: Crystal forms of hematite, _A_ the rhombohedron with
the edges beveled; _B_ the tabular form, resulting from the
excessive development of the two _o_ faces opposite each other]
[Illustration: A typical crystal of magnetite]
[Illustration: The rhombohedron typical of siderite]
Plate 16
[Illustration: The pyritohedron]
[Illustration: The pyritohedron with certain of its edges beveled by
the cube faces, to show the relationship of these two forms]
Plate 18
Typical forms for cerrusite
[Illustration: The pyramid, _n_ the prism face, _m_ the beveled
prism, _p_ the octahedral face, and _o_ the edge of the octahedral
faces beveled]
[Illustration: The simple type of twinning]
[Illustration: A multiple twin where three crystals grow through
each other]
[Illustration: Forms in which anglesite occurs: _l_ the pyramid
face, _p_ the prism face, _o_ the vertical edge of the prism
beveled, _m_ the horizontal edge of the prism beveled, _n_ a further
beveling of the horizontal edge of the prism. _D_ the tabular, _E_
the prismatic form]
Plate 20
[Illustration: A characteristic form in which sphalerite may occur;
being the combination of, _d_ the dodecahedron, _o_ the octahedron,
and _t_, a 24-sided figure]
[Illustration: Characteristic form for zincite crystals, _n_ the
hexagonal prism, and _p_ pyramidal faces on it]
[Illustration: Typical form of crystal of willemite: _p_ the prism,
_r_ rhombohedron faces on end, ½ _r_ a second lower rhombohedron]
Plate 22
[Illustration: Moss agates, showing the dendritic growth of
manganitic minerals, like manganite or pyrolusite]
[Illustration: Moss agates]
[Illustration: Crystal form of manganite]
Plate 23
[Illustration: Crystals of green corundum in syenite, from Montana]
[Illustration: Typical crystal forms of corundum: _A_ the elongated
prism with the alternate corners cut by rhombohedral faces, _B_ the
tabular prism, _C_ the double pyramid]
Plate 28
[Illustration: Cassiterite, twinned crystals]
[Illustration: The crystal form in which both cassiterite and rutile
occur when in simple crystals, _p_ prism faces, _m_ beveling of the
prism, _o_ octahedral face, _n_ beveling of the edge between
octahedral faces]
[Illustration: Multiple twinning characteristic of rutile]
Plate 29
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