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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 chiefly 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.