The tools of the geological trade included streak plates, nails, pennies, an electric light, a magnet, a hand lens, fingernails, and the human senses of sight, smell, and feel. Each pupil was also issued a glove to handle one of the minerals - galena (which includes traces of lead).
Our observations of minerals were a bit more extensive than our observations of rocks. Students drew their 12 mineral samples and then tested and recorded the feel, smell, streak color, luster, light, magnetism, hardness, and cleavage of each, as well. The tools of the geological trade included streak plates, nails, pennies, an electric light, a magnet, a hand lens, fingernails, and the human senses of sight, smell, and feel. Each pupil was also issued a glove to handle one of the minerals - galena (which includes traces of lead).
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