THE COMMON ROCKS AND MINERALS OF MISSOURI
W. D. KELLER
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PRESS COLUMBIA
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University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201
ISBN 0-8262-0585-2
Library of Congress Card Number 67-66173
Printed and bound in the United States of America
All rights reserved
First Edition 1945
Revised Editions 1948, 1961
Reprinted 1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Page
- INTRODUCTION 5
- DETERMINATIVE KEY 6
- ROCK AND MINERAL DESCRIPTION 10
- Limestone and Dolomite 10
- “Cotton Rock” Limestone 15
- Marble 15
- Cave Onyx and Deposits 16
- Travertine 16
- Calcite 16
- Dolomite 18
- Shale 20
- Fire Clay 24
- Plastic Fire Clay 26
- Flint Fire Clay 26
- Diaspore 27
- Burley Clay 29
- Sandstone 30
- Chert, Flint 34
- Weathered Chert 36
- “Kaoleen” 37
- Tripoli 37
- Agate 37
- Jasper 38
- Granite 38
- Quartz 41
- Feldspar 43
- Mica 44
- Porphyry, Rhyolite 45
- Basalt 46
- Gabbro, Diabase 48
- Goal 49
- Pyrite, Marcasite 51
- Conglomerate 54
- Gneiss 54
- Hematite 56
- Limonite 57
- Paint Ore, Ochre 58
- Iron Band Diaspore 58
- Manganese Ore 58
- Galena 59
- Sphalerite 60
- Barite 61
- Gypsum 63
- Meteorites 64
- Gold 65
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