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THE last quarter of the present century has witnessed an extraordinary outburst of petrological activity, due, in a large measure, to the application cf precise mineralogical methods to the study of the constituents of rocks. The petrologist, and through him the geologist, owes, therefore, an enormous debt of gratitude to the mineralogist; at the same time, the benefits have not been wholly one-sided. Mineralogy is becoming something more than a mere catalogue of the crystallographic, chemical and physical characters of museumspecimens, and this is largely due to the influence of petrology. It may end in breaking down the artificial systems of classification which are in vogue, and introducing; others more in accordance with genetic principles.
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The Natural History of Cordierite and its Associates1. Nature 59, 380–381 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/059380a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/059380a0