Excerpt from Minerals From Earth and Sky: Part I. The Story of Meteorites, Part II. Gems and Gem MineralsThis book is not intended for the specialist, rather for those Who - whether or not engaged in other lines Of work - are interested in the progress Of science and in the method Of its progression. It was with the latter partie ularly in mind that the narrative form was adopted for certain chapters. How a conclusion has been arrived at is, to the public mind, believed to be Of as great interest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.