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Ch. 1: Form of Minerals

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18                                         INTRODUCTION.
and also an account of the properties themselves. The system of classification is another closely related portion of Mineralogy. It gives an account of the order in which the mineral species are arranged. A third and most important part of Mineralogy is the physiography of the various species—giving an account of their characteristic marks, and a description of their appearance or external aspect and forms, their principal physical and chemical properties, their mode of occurrence, with their geological and geo­graphical distribution, and their various uses, whether in nature or whether in the arts, or as gems for ornamental purposes.
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