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 .p322 Man and metals : a history of mining in relation to the development of civilization
  . T. A. Rickard 1932
  . https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S152C217911 . Multco Central 2 volumes . Library use only R 622.09 R53M

Under a Metal Sky

A Journey Through Minerals, Greed, And Wonder

  • Philip Marsden . 2024 . 549.09 MAR . Beaverton Library


Ammonite

1

1.

Ochre: An Introduction

5

2.

Tin

24

3.

Peat

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4.

Bronze

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5.

Silver

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6.

Radium

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Aerolite

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8.

Mercury

184

9.

Copper

213

10.

Gold

246

11.

Lithium: A Coda

277

Soil

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  • p001 Introduction - Ammonite



.p024 Chapter 2 Tin

  • p025 Stanene zero resistance 2D tin surface (?)

  • p027 Beardies . bearded men?
  • p027 Wheal Jane is a disused tin mine near Baldhu and Chacewater in West Cornwall

  • p027 winze minor connection between mine levels

  • p027 drift, adit = horizontal tunnels
  • p027 stope open space after desired material removed

  • p027 Mexico Towans a sand dune

  • p028 Saint Ives Bakery

  • p030 James Forbes and Cornish tin mining - can't find 1794? 1983? citation
  • p032 casserite tin oxide mineral, SnO₂

  • p033 cow's tail line

  • p034 potholing, UK term for spelunking


  • p041 Chapter 3 Peat

  • p041 bog iron

  • p042 peat sorbent

  • p042 Bog butter

  • p043 anaerobic peat stops decay
  • p043 Lindow Man 2000 y.o. body from peat bog

  • p043 peatlands hold twice as much carbon as all the world's forests combined, release CO₂ when drained
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  • p048 Peat decay drops land level and damages farm soil on top
  • p057 Doggerland ~8000 BCE

  • p057 Storegga Slide huge submarine landslide west of Norway ~6200BCE, 20 meter tsunami

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