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Excerpt from Minerals and Geology of Central Canada: Comprising the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec The plan and mode of treatment adopted in the original edition of this work, are retained in the present edition; but the subject matter has been greatly extended, and, with the exception of a few pages, the work has been entirely rewritten. It aims to convey, in language as little technical as possible, a practical knowledge of the minerals and general geology of the two central provinces of the Dominion - Ontario and Quebec. In its plan, it embraces five leading sections or subdivisions. These follow each other in logical order, and are discussed throughout in an essentially explanatory form. The first section describes briefly the more salient characters or properties by which the determination of minerals is effected; and it includes a sufficient notice of the blowpipe to enable anyone to employ that useful instrument in the practical examination and rough analysis of mineral bodies. The second part or section contains descriptions of all the minerals hitherto recognized within the Provinces to which the work refers. In these descriptions, minute crystallographic and chemical details are purposely avoided, as unsuited to the character of the book. The descriptive portion of the section is preceded by a couple of Determinative Tables, drawn up expressly for the present work, by the use of which, the name of any mineral occurring in central Canada, may be easily ascertained. The two succeeding sections, Parts III and IV, are introductory to Part V, in which the geological features of Ontario and Quebec are passed under review. Part III discusses the classification, structural characters and other technical points belonging to the study of rock masses generally, and that of mineral veins; and it includes also a brief outline of the Earth's rock-recorded history (pp. 199 to 207). 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.