Description:
This pamphlet has been compiled as a text to be used in the Arizona
Bureau of Mines extension lectures on "Prospector's Mineralogy."
Many of the people attending these lectures, especially those most
interested, have had very little, if any, technical training in mineralogy,
chemistry, and allied sciences. For that reason this pamphlet has been
written in as simple and non-technical language as the subject permits,
yet the directions given are full enough so that anyone should be able
to understand how to do the work.
The method of procedure suggested to beginners in this line of work
is first to practice each specific test for each metal on a mineral that is
positively known to contain that metal or to practice the tests on a piece
of that metal. This practice should be continued until the beginner
becomes thoroughly familiar with the various tests for that metal as
well as those for other metals. These tests can then be applied to are
of unknown metallic contents if it is desired to determine whether a
certain metal is present. 37 p.