Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Text-Book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and Physical Mineralogy
The remarkable advance in the Science Of Mineralogy, during the years that have elapsed since this text-book was first issued in 187 7, has made it necessary, in the preparation of a new edition, to rewrite the whole as well as to add much new matter and many new illustrations.
The work being designed chie?y to meet the wants Of class or private instruction, this Object has at once determined the choice of topics discussed, the order and fullness Of treatment and the method Of presentation.
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