The World's Minerals (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The World's Minerals The natural objects found on the surface of our earth, or within its crust at a moderate distance from the surface, may be conveniently Classified into three great groups or kingdoms - the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms. The two first embrace every thing organic - that is to say, everything that is, or has been, endowed with life, these are largely made up Of the chemical element carbon combined with the elements (hydrogen and oxygen) of water. The mineral kingdom, on the other hand, includes all in organic bodies that have not been produced by the agency of life. Contrasted with materials of organic origin, they show a much greater diversity in the chemical elements that enter into their composition. 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.