The Common Rocks and Minerals of Missouri
by W. D. Keller
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About this eBook
- Author
- Keller, W. D., 1900-2001
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F396: United States local history: Old Southwest. Lower Mississippi Valley
- Subject
- Mineralogy -- Missouri
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 59737
- Release Date
- June 11, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE COMMON ROCKS AND MINERALS OF MISSOURI
- 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 3.INTRODUCTION
- 4.DETERMINATIVE KEY
- 5.ROCK AND MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS — Limestone and Dolomite — “Cotton Rock” Limestone — Marble — Cave Onyx and Deposits — Travertine — Calcite — Dolomite — Shale — Fire Clay — Plastic Fire Clay — Flint Fire Clay — Diaspore Clay — Burley Clay — Sandstone — Chert , Flint — Weathered Chert — “Kaoleen” — Tripoli — Agate — Jasper — Granite — Quartz — Feldspar — Mica — Porphyry , Rhyolite , Rhyolite Porphyry — Basalt — Gabbro and Diabase — Coal — Pyrite and Marcasite — Conglomerate — Gneiss — Hematite — Limonite — Paint Ore or Red Ochre — Iron Band Diaspore — Manganese Ore — Galena — Sphalerite — Barite (“Tiff”) — Gypsum — Meteorites — Gold — Silver — Diamonds — Uranium Minerals
- 6.MISCELLANEOUS ROCK STRUCTURES — Concretions — Geodes — Fossils — Arrow Heads and Other Indian Artifacts
- 7.THE ROCKS OF MISSOURI
- 8.MINERALS OF MISSOURI
- 9.GEOLOGIC VALUES — Suggested Collateral Reading Material — Books on Rocks and Minerals — Fossils — Magazines on Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils — Books on Mineralogy and Rocks (Technical) — Books on General Geology — Books on Physical Geology — Books on Historical Geology — Missouri Geology Publications
- 10.FOOTNOTES
- 11.INDEX — OF RELATED INTEREST
- 12.Transcriber’s Notes
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