Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Illinois
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About this eBook
- Credits
- Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QE: Science: Geology
- Subject
- Mineralogy -- Illinois
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 66308
- Release Date
- September 15, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Guide to ROCKS AND MINERALS OF ILLINOIS — Guide to ROCKS AND MINERALS OF ILLINOIS
- 2.DESCRIPTION OF ROCKS AND MINERALS
- 3.MINERALS
- 4.ROCKS
- 5.GRANITE (1)
- 6.GABBRO (2)
- 7.PORPHYRY (3)
- 8.BASALT (4)
- 9.PERIDOTITE (5)
- 10.GNEISS AND SCHIST (6)
- 11.CONGLOMERATE (7)
- 12.SANDSTONE (8)
- 13.QUARTZITE (9)
- 14.SHALE (10)
- 15.CLAY (11)
- 16.LIMESTONE (12)
- 17.PEAT (13)
- 18.COAL (14)
- 19.PETROLEUM (15)
- 20.GLACIATED PEBBLES (16)
- 21.SILICA SAND (17)
- 22.MOLDING SAND (18)
- 23.TRIPOLI (19)
- 24.FULLER’S EARTH (20)
- 25.QUARTZ (21)
- 26.FELDSPAR (22)
- 27.MICA (23)
- 28.CALCITE (24)
- 29.FLUORITE (25)
- 30.GYPSUM (26)
- 31.CHERT (27)
- 32.PYRITE AND MARCASITE (28)
- 33.LIMONITE (29)
- 34.SPHALERITE (30)
- 35.GALENA (31)
- 36.CONCRETIONS (32)
- 37.GEODES (33)
- 38.ANIMAL FOSSILS (34)
- 39.PLANT FOSSILS (35)
- 40.KEYS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON ILLINOIS ROCKS AND MINERALS — MINERAL IDENTIFICATION KEY
- 41.ROCK IDENTIFICATION KEY — I COARSE-GRAINED ROCKS — II FINE-GRAINED ROCKS — III ORGANIC ROCKS (DARK COLORED)
- 42.EQUIPMENT FOR COLLECTING
- 43.EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION PROGRAM
- 44.Transcriber’s Notes
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