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.p030 James Forbes and Cornish tin mining - can't find 1794? 1983? citation .p032 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiterite | casserite ]] tin oxide mineral, SnO₂ .p033 [[ https://pmirope.com/product/pmi-cavers-cows-tail/ | cow's tail line ]] .p034 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caving | potholing ]], UK term for spelunking |
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.p041 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_iron | bog iron ]] .p042 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat | peat ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbent | sorbent ]] .p042 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_butter | Bog butter ]] .p043 anaerobic peat stops decay .p043 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindow_Man | 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 .p044 underground peat can burn for years. Forty billion tonnes of carbon in buried peat. .p048 Peat decay drops land level and damages farm soil on top .p057 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland | Doggerland ]] ~8000 BCE .p057 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide | Storegga Slide ]] huge submarine landslide west of Norway ~6200BCE, 20 meter tsunami |
Under a Metal Sky
A Journey Through Minerals, Greed, And Wonder
- Philip Marsden . 2024 . 549.09 MAR . Beaverton Library
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Ammonite |
1 |
1. |
Ochre: An Introduction |
5 |
2. |
Tin |
24 |
3. |
Peat |
41 |
4. |
Bronze |
67 |
5. |
Silver |
94 |
6. |
Radium |
127 |
7. |
Aerolite |
152 |
8. |
Mercury |
184 |
9. |
Copper |
213 |
10. |
Gold |
246 |
11. |
Lithium: A Coda |
277 |
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Soil |
283 |
p001 Introduction - Ammonite
p005 Chapter 1 - Ochre: An Introduction
p016 escharotic a substance that kills unwanted or disease tissue.
p017 Peppermint humbug
.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
p033 cow's tail line
p034 potholing, UK term for spelunking
p041 Chapter 3 Peat
p041 bog iron
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
- p044 underground peat can burn for years. Forty billion tonnes of carbon in buried peat.
- 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
p067 Chapter 4 Bronze
p213 Chapter 9 Copper
p246 Chapter 10 Gold
- 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