CONTENTS
Reading edition
CHAP. PAGE
List of Illustrations viii
I. On Rocks in General 1
List of the common Minerals that form Rocks 8
II. The Limestones 12
III. The Sandstones 56
IV. Clays, Shales, and Slates 78
V. Igneous Rocks 103
VI. Metamorphic Rocks 143
References 162
Table of Stratigraphical Systems 189
Index 170