rocks and minerals field guide Texada Island BC
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Introduction 6 Rockhounding Tips and Safety 8 PART ONE - GEOLOGY Mineral List 10 1. Geological History of Texada Island 11 Tectonic Belts of BC 13 Terranes of BC 14 Terrane Morphology of Texada Is. and Area 15 Faults and Contacts, Texada area 16 Earthquake Frequency in BC 17 Official Geology Report of Texada 18 2. Rock Chemistry Basics The Mighty Silica Tetrahedra 21 Oxides and Sulphides 22 3. Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks Igneous 23 Plate Tectonic Model 24 Magma chart 25 Contact Metamorphics Chart ....... 26 Sedimentary 27 Metamorphic 28 Limestone and Marbles of Texada 29 Limestone / Marble Transitions Chart 32 Marble Sculpting, Two Artists 34 PART TWO - SITES OF INTEREST 4. Synopsis 41 Van Anda Area: Little Billie, Cornell, Copper Queen, Marble Bay, LaFarge, Imperial, Yew, Bolivar 42 Blubber Bay Area: AshGrove Cement & Heritage Museum, Old quarry (Paris, Loyal), Limekiln Bay 51 Gillies Bay Area: Texada Iron Mine, Texada Quarrying, Sand Banks & Cox Lagoon, Shelter Pt. Park 52 Crescent Bay Area: Surprise Mountain, Gem 55 Anderson Bay 56 From Mine to Metals & Limestone to Cement 57 |
PART THREE - MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS
5. Silicates 61 6. Sulphides 77 7. Carbonates 90 8. Oxides 98 9. Arsenate 102 10. Native Elements 103 11. Rocks 108 12. Karst Cave 117 13. Fossils 123 14. Quick Identification Guide by Colour, Identification of Pyrites, Tellurides, Skarns 126 PART FOUR - OTHER INTERESTING ISLAND THINGS 15. Beachcombing, Shells, Beaches, Animals, Bugs of Distinction, Lakes, Lakefish, Butterflies and Moths, Orchids 130 16. Birding List 132 PART FIVE - APPENDIX Geologic Time Chart 136 Crystal Structures 138 Illustration of Hydrothermal Metasomatism 139 Geoscience Illustration of Wrangellia Events 140 Bibliography 142 |