Topographical Description and Historical Sketch of Plainfield, in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, May, 1834 |
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... slate then commences and occupies the remainder of the township . These rocks are beautifully stratified ; but the ... slate , " says professor Hitchcock in his excellent Re- port on the Geology of Massachusetts , " is , in general , a ...
... slate then commences and occupies the remainder of the township . These rocks are beautifully stratified ; but the ... slate , " says professor Hitchcock in his excellent Re- port on the Geology of Massachusetts , " is , in general , a ...
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... slate bears the fire much better than mica slate , and is , on this account , sometimes used for jambs . " In Plainfield and Hawley , " says professor Hitchcock , “ a variety of talcose slate occurs , in which are disseminated numer ...
... slate bears the fire much better than mica slate , and is , on this account , sometimes used for jambs . " In Plainfield and Hawley , " says professor Hitchcock , “ a variety of talcose slate occurs , in which are disseminated numer ...
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... slate , also in talcose slate . Several years since , a large mass of limpid quartz was discovered in a wall near the mine of manganese on John Bisbee's land , in which was imbedded a great number of garnets of uncommon beauty , much ...
... slate , also in talcose slate . Several years since , a large mass of limpid quartz was discovered in a wall near the mine of manganese on John Bisbee's land , in which was imbedded a great number of garnets of uncommon beauty , much ...
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... slate and gneiss ; also in small cubic crystals in granular quartz . Specular oxyd of iron , in small quantities . Carbonate of iron , beautifully crystalized in rhombs , which are nearly white , have a shining surface , and are ...
... slate and gneiss ; also in small cubic crystals in granular quartz . Specular oxyd of iron , in small quantities . Carbonate of iron , beautifully crystalized in rhombs , which are nearly white , have a shining surface , and are ...
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... slate . The occurrence of so much silicious oxyd at these locali- ties is very interesting to the mineralogist , because this ore is so rare in Europe . " The same writer observes that " in a metallic state this mineral is of no use ...
... slate . The occurrence of so much silicious oxyd at these locali- ties is very interesting to the mineralogist , because this ore is so rare in Europe . " The same writer observes that " in a metallic state this mineral is of no use ...
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Page 8 - Its color is gray, sometimes with a faint reddish tinge, unless when acted on by the weather, when its color is yellowish. It is in indistinct prisms with oblique seams like zoisite, and in radiated or fascicled masses, which are composed of slender prisms. Luster somewhat shining or pearly. It is nearly as hard as quartz, and sometimes makes a slight impression upon rock crystal. Before the blowpipe it blackens, and a small portion melts, when the heat is very great, into a black slag, which is...
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