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Minerology Handbook by Eckert Mineral Research Prospector Supplies (PH 2-2) (28 pages)

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MINERAL HANDBOOK Introduction The study of Mineralogy and collection of rocks and minerals is one of the most fascinating and oldest hobbies known. Few hobbies are more active, and none will give you more thrills and prove so instructive and useful. Minerals are the substances of which the earth is built. They are formed by nature, are solid with one or two exceptions, each having definite physical and chemical characteristics. Collecting, studying, and experimenting with minerals is a year ’round hobby which everyone can enjoy. It enables you to cultivate the power of observation and at the same time it will excite active interest in a subject which may prove highly: beneficial to you in later years. In this collection an attempt has been made to introduce you to a few of the minerals found in the solid portions of the earth which we know as the mineral kingdom, and to make it easier for you to discover and recognize other specimens that are to be found along the seashore, in mountains, mines, cliffs, and even in your own back yard. Rocks and minerals seem to have been created especially to reward a patient observer; more can be learned from these substances than from any other natural object, and they will be found more fantastic in form and incomparably rich in color as you go more deeply into the subject. Indeed, a stone, when examined closely, will be found to be a mountain in miniature. te