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Ch. 1: Precious Stones Introduction

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GEOLOGICAL POSITION.
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formation, in which are found such shells as those represented by Figs. 11, 12, and 13. By this time creatures had begun to appear bearing a strong
resemblance to those of the present period. Figs. 14 and 15 illustrate characteristic types.
After the tertiary formation comes the post-ter­tiary or quarternary formation, in which the animals are quite analogous to those of our own period.
If we inquire of chemistry what is the composi-
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