INDEX
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] X Y [Z]
A Acid, testing, muriatic, hydrochloric, storage battery, sulphuric [10] Agate [37] Alabaster gypsum [63] Aluminum [23] Amethyst [42] Aragonite [17] Arrow heads [34], [71], [72] Artifacts [71], [72] Asphaltic sandstone [32] Audrain County [26]
B Barite [19], [61], [74] Barton County [32] Basalt [13], [44], [46], [47], [48], [71], [73] Bauxite [23], [29] Biotite mica [44], [54] Black jack zinc ore [60] Bloodstone [42] Blossom rock [42] Boone County [26] Brick [22], [74] Burley clay [29], [66], [73] Burlington limestone [12] Burned shale [21], [54]
C Calcite [12], [16], [37], [49], [61], [62], [63], [65], [66], [68], [74] Calcium carbonate [12], [16], [37], [67] Callaway County [26], [27] Cannel Coal [51] Carnelian [42] Carnotite [65] Carter County [58] Carthage marble [15] Cave deposits [16] Chalcedony [37], [68] Chats [35], [43], [60] Chert [14], [34], [37], [42], [59], [62], [66], [71], [73] Clinton [33] Coal [20], [49], [53], [63], [73] Cole County [62] Conchoidal fracture [26], [34], [51] Concretion [66], [68] Conglomerate [54] Copper [40], [66] Cotton rock [15] Crawford County [27] Crinoids [12] Cross-bedding [30], [31] Crystal City [33], [41]
D Definition, rock and mineral [5], [73], [74] Developing mineral deposit [24], [59] Diabase [44], [48], [49], [73] Diamonds [40], [65] Diaspore clay [27], [58], [66], [73] Dike [46], [47], [48] Dolomite [10], [11], [18], [59], [60], [73], [74] Dolomite chemical composition [12], [20] Double refraction [18] Drusy quartz [42]
E Effervescence [10], [11], [16], [17], [18], [19] Elephant Rocks [39], [41]
F Feldspar [38], [39], [43], [45], [46], [54], [74] Festus [33] Fire clay [19], [24], [73] Flat River [60] Flint [14], [34] Flint fire clay [26], [73] Fool’s gold [14], [51] Fossils [12], [22], [35], [36], [52], [53], [69] Franklin County [27] Fredericktown [60]
G Gabbro [13], [38], [44], [48], [73] Galena [59], [65], [74] Gasconade County [26], [27] Geiger Counter [66] Geode [42], [67] Geological Survey, Missouri [6] Glacial boulders and deposits [40], [48], [55], [65], [74] Glass “tiff,” barite [61] Gneiss [54], [73] Gold [51], [53], [65] Granite [16], [31], [38], [43], [46], [47], [49], [53], [54], [73] Graniteville [39], [43] Gypsum [19], [49], [61], [62], [63], [74]
H Hardness [6], [19], [65] Heavy spar [61] Hematite [56], [66], [74] Hermann [33] Houston [62] Hydrochloric acid [10]
I Igneous rock [73] Iron band diaspore [58] Iron County [39], [45], [58] Iron Mountain [56] Iron ore [56], [57] Isinglass [44]
J Jack zinc ore [60] Jasper [38] Jefferson County [62] Joplin [60] Joplin dolomite [19]
K “Kaoleen” [37] “Keel” [56] Klondike [33]
L Lafayette County [32] La Grange [37] Lava flow [46], [73] Lead ore [59] Lexington [33] Lime [13] Limestone [10], [22], [53], [55], [59], [62], [66], [73], [74] Limestone, chemical, composition [12], [23] Limonite [53], [56], [57], [66], [74] Lincoln County [27] Loess dolls, -kinder [66]
M Madison County [39], [45], [58] Magnesium carbonate [12] Manganese ore [58] Marble [15], [55], [73] Marcasite [49], [51], [53], [57], [74] Maries County [27] Mark of mineral [6], [56] Metamorphic rock [15], [21], [55], [73] Metatorbernite [65] Meteorites [64] Mica [38], [39], [44], [53], [74] Microcline feldspar [44], [74] Miller County [62] Millerite [68] Mineral, definition [5], [74] Missouri Geological Survey [6], [59] Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy [6] Moberly [33] Moniteau County [62] Morgan County [62] Muriatic acid [10] Muscovite mica [44]
N Nickel [64] “Niggerheads” [32], [48]
O Ochre [58] Olivine [65] Onyx [16], [42] Oolites [27], [29], [66] Orthoclase feldspar [44], [74] Osage County [26], [27] Ozora marble [15]
P Pacific [33], [41] Paint ore [58] Paleontology [71] Paris [33] Petrified wood [35], [43], [69] Petroleum [71] Phelps County [26], [27] Phenocrysts [46] Pilot Knob [56] Plagioclase feldspar [44], [49], [74] Plaster of paris [63] Plastic fire clay [26] Polish on marble and granite [16] Pop-corn flint fire clay [26] Porphyry [31], [40], [44], [45], [53], [73] Porphyry, chemical composition [40] Potosi [37] Pyrite [14], [49], [51], [52], [53], [57], [58], [63], [66], [74] [Pyroxene] [49], [74]
Q Quarry [14] Quartz [30], [38], [39], [40], [41], [45], [49], [54], [65], [68], [74] Quartzite [32], [55], [73]
R Radioactivity [66] Reynolds County [58] Rhyolite, rhyolite porphyry [45], [71], [73] Ripple marks [33] Rock crystal [42] Rock, definition [5], [73] Rock wool [13] Rose quartz [42] Rosin jack zinc ore [60] Rosin spar zinc ore [60] Ruby jack zinc ore [60]
S Sampling rock or ore [15], [59] Sand [14], [30] Sandstone [30], [41], [43], [53], [55], [66], [73] Sandstone, chemical composition [23] Satinspar gypsum [63] Sedimentary rock [72], [73] Selenite gypsum [63] Shale [19], [20], [24], [50], [53], [55], [66], [73], [74] Shale, chemical composition [23] Shannon County [58] Silica [35], [43], [66] Silver [59], [65] Silver Mines [65] Six-sided crystals [16], [41] Slate [21], [50], [55] Soapstone [21] Soil sweetening [13], [14], [20] Sphalerite [60], [74] “Sponge” limestone rock [13] Stalactites [16] Stalagmites [16] State Geologist, Geological Survey [6], [24], [51], [59] St. Francois County [39], [45] St. Louis County [26] St. Peter sandstone formation [41] Ste. Genevieve [65] Streak of mineral [6], [56] Sulphur [51] Sulphuric acid [10], [53], [63]
T Texas County [62] Tiff [16], [61] Travertine [16], [73] Tripoli [37], [43] Tyuyamunite [65], [74]
U University of Missouri Geology Department [6] Uranium Minerals [65], [66]
V Vanadium [66] Vernon County [32]
W Warren County [27] Warrensburg [33] Washington County [62] Weathered chert [19], [35], [36], [37] Widmanstatten figure [64]
Z Zinc ore [60]