Mineralogical Nomenclature

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Excerpt from Mineralogical Nomenclature: Alphabetically Arranged, With Synoptic Tables of the Chemical Analyses of MineralsTm idea Of this little Work originated in the dificulty I experienced when the study of Mineralogy first eu gaged my attention. I was then so perplexed with the vs riety of Synonymous Terms which were indiscriminately made use Of, that I was induced to frame a small manu script vocabulary to assist my memory. This was after wards committed to the press, and since that time so great an addition has been made, not only to the num ber of known minerals, but to the original stock of names, that a work of this klnd requires to be renewed, were it only to keep pace with the alterations which time has introduced.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.