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 nontechnical
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 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 ores of unknown metallic contents if it is desired to
determine whether a certain metal is present. 56 p.