Table of Contents with List of Main Topics. - Introductory: The Nature of Minerals. - Definition of a Mineral. - I. The Properties of Minerals. - I. The Chemistry of Minerals. - II. Certain Physical Properties of Minerals. - III. The Elements of Crystallography. - IV. The Optical Properties of Minerals. - V. The Occurrence of Minerals. - VI. The Classification of Minerals. - II. Description of Minerals. - Group 1A. Lithium Sodium Potassium. - Group 1B. Copper Silver Gold. - Group 2A. Calcium Strontium Barium Radium. - Group 2B. Beryllium Magnesium Zinc Cadmium Mercury. - Group 3B. Boron Aluminium. - Group 4A. Titanium Zirconium Cerium Thorium. - Group 4B. Carbon Silicon Tin Lead. - Group 5A. Vanadium Tantalum. - Group 5B. Nitrogen Phosphorus Arsenic Antimony Bismuth. - Group 6A. Chromium Molybdenum Tungsten Uranium. - Group 6B. Sulphur Selenium Tellurium. - Group 7A. Manganese. - Group 7B. Fluorine Chlorine Bromine Iodine. - Group 8A. Iron Cobalt Nickel. - Group 8B. Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Osmium Iridium Platinum. Language: English