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-The Project Gutenberg eBook of Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Illinois, by
-Anonymous
-
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-Title: Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Illinois
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-*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GUIDE TO ROCKS AND MINERALS OF
-ILLINOIS ***
-
-
-
-
- _Educational Series 5_
-
-
-
-
- _Guide to_
- ROCKS AND MINERALS
- OF ILLINOIS
-
-
- _Illinois State Geological Survey_
-
- [Illustration: uncaptioned]
-
- STATE of ILLINOIS
- William G. Stratton, Governor
-
- DEPARTMENT of
- REGISTRATION and EDUCATION
- Vera M. Binks, Director
-
-
- First printing 1959
- Second printing 1960
-
-
- ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
- John C. Frye, Chief
- URBANA, ILLINOIS
-
-
-Printed by Authority of the State of Illinois
-
-
-
-
- _Guide to_ ROCKS AND MINERALS OF ILLINOIS
-
-
-Illinois has so long been known as the Prairie State that at first
-glance it seems a most unlikely place in which to collect rock and
-mineral specimens.
-
-But Illinois has a surprising wealth of rock and mineral resources, not
-only to be collected as interesting specimens but to be put to practical
-and profitable use.
-
-The rich prairies that gave the state its nickname are themselves
-derived from ancient rocks, worn and changed by millions of years of
-action by weather, water, wind, plants, and animals. Unmeasured depths
-of rock underlie the prairies, hills, and valleys, and in some parts of
-the state are exposed in outcrops, canyons, and river valleys. Boulders
-and gravel brought in by the glaciers thousands of years ago are strewn
-over many parts of the state.
-
-These resources are of great value. Besides the rich agriculture based
-on the rock-derived soil, much of our industry, manufacturing, and
-transportation is dependent on rock and mineral materials. Every county
-in Illinois possesses some rocks and minerals that either are being used
-or have potential future value.
-
-The Illinois State Geological Survey several years ago began to prepare
-sets of typical rocks and minerals of Illinois for use by the schools
-and other educational groups in Illinois. This booklet is designed to
-furnish a brief geological background and explanation of these common
-Illinois rocks and minerals. It also should be useful to the student or
-amateur interested in making his own collection.
-
-Even though Illinois has no mountain ranges or deep canyons, the geology
-of the state has many complexities. In fact, the very flatness of our
-topography is a complicating factor because in order to study the
-geology at many places in the state it is necessary to use information
-from mines and descriptions (logs) and samples (cores) of the rock
-penetrated during drilling of deep wells. There are also geophysical
-methods of learning something about the rocks beneath the surface.
-
- [Illustration: Fig. 1.—Geologic map of Illinois.]
-
- CAMBRIAN
- ORDOVICIAN
- ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN
- ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN UNDER DRIFT
- DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN
- PENNSYLVANIAN UNDER DRIFT
- CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY
- KEY
- Wisconsin glacial drift
- Illinoian glacial drift
- Pennsylvanian boundary
-
-The complexity of Illinois geology is not produced by the upturning and
-sharp folding of rock layers such as can be seen in the Rocky Mountains,
-but rather by the changes in composition, thickness, and character of
-the rock layers that are only gently warped or relatively flat. At
-several places in the state, especially in the southern part, faults, or
-breaks, in the rock layers do occur, but over much of our area this is
-not common.
-
-The presence of usable minerals at considerable depth is known at many
-places; coal is mined from depths greater than 800 feet, and oil is
-produced from saturated rock layers, called pay zones, several thousand
-feet below the surface. Lead and zinc ores, fluorspar, silica sand,
-limestone, sand, gravel, clay, and shale are all produced at shallower
-depths. However, the student can see only those rocks and minerals that
-are to be found at or near the surface. For that reason the following
-paragraphs describing their geologic occurrence deal only with surface
-geology.
-
-The youngest of the major geologic divisions of our rocks is called the
-Pleistocene, which is the scientific name for the “Ice Age” deposits.
-During this relatively recent period of geologic time, which began about
-a million years ago, glaciers flowed southward from Canada and spread a
-layer of “glacial drift” over all of the state except the northwest
-corner, the southwest edge of the state along the Mississippi River, and
-extreme southern Illinois (fig. 1).
-
-Most of the glacial deposits that we see were formed by the last two of
-the four major periods of glacial advance, the Illinoian and the
-Wisconsin. The Illinoian was the most extensive, reaching as far south
-as Carbondale and Harrisburg. The Wisconsin, so called because its
-deposits are so widely spread in that state, reached only to Mattoon and
-Peoria.
-
-The glacial drift is the youngest and uppermost of the divisions of the
-rock column (fig. 2). Within the drift can be found the widest diversity
-of rock and mineral types—quartzite, schist, and other metamorphic
-rocks; granite, gabbro, and other igneous rocks; and of course the
-sedimentary rocks, limestone, dolomite, sandstone, shale, and even
-pieces of coal, which occur in bedded layers of the older rocks in
-Illinois.
-
-Sand and gravel were carried and deposited by flowing streams before,
-during, and after glaciation, but the major deposits were made while the
-glaciers were melting. They contain a wide variety of rock and mineral
-types.
-
- [Illustration: Figure 2—Diagram of layers of rocks in Illinois.]
-
- Era General Types of Rocks
- Period or System and Thickness
- Epoch
-
- CENOZOIC “Recent Life”
- Age of Mammals
- Quaternary
- 0-500′
- Pleistocene or Glacial Age
- Recent—alluvium in river valleys
- Glacial till, glacial outwash, gravel, sand,
- silt lake deposits of clay and silt, loess and
- sand dunes; covers nearly all of state except
- northwest corner and southern tip
- Tertiary
- 0-500′
- Pliocene Chert gravel; present in northern, southern, and
- western Illinois
- Eocene Mostly micaceous sand with some silt and clay;
- present only in southern Illinois
- Paleocene Mostly clay, little sand; present only in
- southern Illinois
- MESOZOIC “Middle Life”
- Age of Reptiles
- Cretaceous Mostly sand, some thin beds of clay and,
- 0-300′ locally, gravel; present only in southern
- Illinois
- PALEOZOIC “Ancient Life”
- Age of Amphibians and Early Plants
- Pennsylvanian Largely shale and sandstone with beds of coal,
- 0-3,000′ limestone, and clay
- (“Coal Measures”)
- Mississippian Black and gray shale at base; middle zone of
- 0-3,500′ thick limestone that grades to siltstone, chert,
- and shale; upper zone of interbedded sandstone,
- shale and limestone
- Age of Fishes
- Devonian Thick limestone, minor sandstones and shales;
- 0-1,500′ largely chert and cherty limestone in southern
- Illinois
- Age of Invertebrates
- Silurian Principally dolomite and limestone
- 0-1,000′
- Ordovician Largely dolomite and limestone but contains
- 500-2,000′ sandstone, shale, and siltstone formations
- Cambrian Chiefly sandstones with some dolomite and shale;
- 1,500-3,000′ exposed only in small areas in north-central
- Illinois
- ARCHEOZOIC and PROTEROZOIC
- Igneous and metamorphic rocks; known in Illinois
- only from deep wells
-
-As shown by the diagrammatic rock column (fig. 2), rocks placed in the
-divisions called early Cenozoic and Mesozoic are next in age to the
-Pleistocene. The map (fig. 1) shows that the Cenozoic and Mesozoic rocks
-occur only in the extreme southern tip of Illinois because only that
-part of Illinois was covered by a northward extension of the forerunner
-of the Gulf of Mexico in which the deposits of sand, gravel, and clay
-were laid down.
-
-The next older division of Illinois rocks is called Pennsylvanian—or
-“Coal Measures”—because during the last century they were first
-extensively described by geologists working in Pennsylvania.
-
-The Pennsylvanian is one of our most important groups of rock strata
-because it contains all of our minable coal beds, as well as important
-deposits of limestone, shale, clay, sandstone, and some oil and gas. The
-Pennsylvanian rocks are very widespread in Illinois, occurring under the
-glacial drift from depths of a few feet to several hundred feet
-throughout about two-thirds of the glaciated area (fig. 1).
-
-Next below the Pennsylvanian are the Mississippian rocks. We in Illinois
-are particularly interested in this division of rocks because they take
-their name from the excellent exposures along the Mississippi River
-valley in western Illinois, southeastern Iowa, and eastern Missouri.
-They are composed of extensive beds of limestone and cherty limestone,
-sandstone, and shale.
-
-Mississippian rocks are of great economic importance in the structural
-area known as the Illinois Basin, where they are the most important oil
-producing rocks. They also contain our fluorspar deposits and along the
-valley bluffs are an excellent source of limestone for quarrying.
-
-Rocks older than the Mississippian—except for small areas along the
-Mississippi and Illinois River valleys—are found at the surface only in
-the northern quarter of the state and locally in Hardin County near the
-southern tip of the state. They are nonetheless economically important
-because from these older rocks are produced lead and zinc, some oil and
-gas, silica sand, limestone, dolomite, and shale.
-
-On the generalized rock column (fig. 2) these older rocks are grouped
-into two units. The uppermost contains the Devonian and Silurian and the
-lower contains the Ordovician and Cambrian. In general they include
-dolomite, limestone, and shale, with sandstone at several places,
-especially in the lower unit.
-
-
-
-
- DESCRIPTION OF ROCKS AND MINERALS
-
-
-The terms mineral and rock are often confused. They are frequently used
-together and the materials they describe are closely related. In
-general, a mineral is a naturally occurring chemical element or compound
-formed by inorganic processes, whereas a rock is a mixture of particles
-or grains of several minerals.
-
-However, when we refer to mineral resources or industrial minerals, we
-generally include materials that are technically rocks—such as
-limestone, dolomite, shale—and also coal and oil that are in fact
-organic substances. On the other hand, we include in the rock category
-high purity sandstone that is composed almost entirely of one mineral
-(quartz) and high purity limestone that is composed largely of the
-mineral calcite.
-
-
-
-
- MINERALS
-
-
-A few minerals are composed of only one element, such as diamond
-(carbon) and native copper, but most minerals are chemical compounds
-that contain several elements.
-
-Most minerals grow into distinctive shapes if they are free to grow. A
-familiar example is the formation of salt crystals that grow on a saucer
-of evaporating salt water. The distinctive shapes of crystals are called
-their habits, and the flat surfaces that develop are called crystal
-faces, the angles of which may be used to identify the mineral.
-
-The individual atoms of a crystal always arrange themselves in the same
-way, so that each mineral breaks characteristically. Some minerals break
-more easily in particular directions and present a flat, smooth surface.
-This characteristic is called cleavage and the cleavage surfaces,
-although sometimes confused with crystal faces, may be useful for
-identifying a particular mineral. The manner in which a mineral breaks
-when the broken surface does not include cleavage surfaces is called its
-fracture, and this too may give a clue to the identification of the
-mineral.
-
-There are other physical features useful in identifying minerals. Some
-of them, such as color, are quite obvious. The color of the powder left
-when a mineral is scraped on a rough, white surface, such as unglazed
-porcelain or tile, is called streak. Luster refers to the brightness of
-light reflected from the mineral’s surface. Transparency and
-translucency refer to the mineral’s ability to transmit light, and
-tenacity is a measure of its toughness.
-
-Two special physical characteristics of minerals are important to their
-identification—specific gravity and hardness. Specific gravity simply
-means the ratio of the weight of the mineral to an equivalent volume of
-water. For example, if a mineral has a specific gravity of 4, then a
-cubic inch of the mineral weighs as much as 4 cubic inches of water.
-
-Hardness is measured by the ability of one mineral to scratch another,
-and a set of ten standard minerals has been selected for determining
-this characteristic. The listing below, from soft to hard, is known as
-Mohs scale.
-
- 1—Talc
- 2—Gypsum
- 3—Calcite
- 4—Fluorite
- 5—Apatite
- 6—Orthoclase
- 7—Quartz
- 8—Topaz
- 9—Corundum
- 10—Diamond
-
-A rough measure of hardness can be made by using handy objects. Your
-fingernail has a hardness ranging from 2 to 3, a penny is a little
-harder than 3, window glass ranges from less than 5 to approximately 6
-in hardness, and a knife blade is generally in the range of 5 to 6.
-
-
-
-
- ROCKS
-
-
-Rocks, being mixtures of minerals, are more complex than minerals and
-are therefore classified in a more complicated way. The broadest
-grouping of rocks is based on the origin of the rock rather than on the
-minerals that compose it. In this scheme all rocks are divided into
-three general groups, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
-
-The igneous rocks are mentioned first because they are produced directly
-from hot liquids that come from deep within the earth. These hot liquids
-are essentially molten rock and are called magmas. When they cool, the
-elements of the individual minerals come together and crystallize, as
-water crystallizes into ice on a winter day.
-
-Different minerals crystallize, or “freeze”, at different temperatures
-so that if the magma cools slowly some individual grains have
-opportunity to grow larger than others. If the magma cools quickly, as
-does lava or basalt, the separate mineral grains will be small. Igneous
-rocks are classified on the basis of the size and arrangement of the
-individual crystals and the kinds of minerals present.
-
-The glacial drift in Illinois contains many pieces of igneous and
-metamorphic rocks, but most of the rocks native to Illinois are
-sedimentary.
-
-Some sedimentary rocks are made up of weathered fragments of other rocks
-that have been moved by rivers, waves, winds, or glaciers. These
-sediments have been deposited and later compacted or cemented by the
-mineral matter carried in water moving through them. Such sedimentary
-rocks are called clastic (meaning broken pieces) rocks, as opposed to
-those formed by chemical precipitation from water and those that consist
-of fossil remains.
-
-Clastic sedimentary rocks are classified first on the basis of the size
-of the grains of gravel, sand, silt, and clay of which they are
-composed; on the type of deposition, such as glacial drift and
-wind-blown silt or loess, that produced them; and then on the basis of
-their mineral composition. Rocks such as gypsum and some of our
-limestones were formed by chemical precipitation from sea water.
-
-Metamorphic rock literally means rock that has changed form. The change
-of form has been caused by heat and pressures that occur below the
-surface of the earth or by heat from upward moving hot magmas or melted
-rocks. Examples of metamorphic rocks are found in Illinois as boulders
-and pebbles in the glacial drift.
-
-Descriptions of the rocks and minerals represented by specimens in the
-Geological Survey’s rock and mineral sets follow. The numbers preceding
-the descriptions correspond to the numbers on the specimens in the sets.
-
-Although the set includes the rocks and minerals that are most commonly
-found in Illinois, many others can be collected. For that reason,
-following the descriptions is a key for identifying other Illinois
-minerals and rocks.
-
-As a further aid to the beginner and the amateur, a list of equipment
-useful in making a rock and mineral collection is given at the end of
-the book.
-
-
-
-
- GRANITE (1)
-
-
-GRANITE is one of the most widespread intrusive (originating deep within
-the earth) igneous rocks. It consists chiefly of feldspar and quartz
-with small amounts of biotite, muscovite, or hornblende. Most granite is
-light colored, but it can be white, gray, yellow, pink, or deep red. The
-texture ranges from medium grained to coarse grained.
-
-Granite pebbles or boulders are the most common igneous rocks found in
-glacial deposits in Illinois. They are not native to the state but were
-brought here by the great ice sheets or glaciers that advanced from
-southern Canada to cover much of northern United States during
-Pleistocene time.
-
-Native granitic rock probably lies very deep beneath the entire state.
-It has been found in deep oil-test drillings along the western and
-northern margins of Illinois.
-
-
-
-
- GABBRO (2)
-
-
-GABBRO is another intrusive igneous rock, but it is heavier and darker
-than granite. It is composed mainly of feldspar and dark iron-bearing
-minerals that give the rock a dark color. It is coarse grained and
-contains little or no quartz.
-
-Mineral crystals of gabbro are especially tightly interlocked, making
-the rock very difficult to break. Weathered gabbro is a rusty color on
-the surface, because the iron in gabbro changes color just as a piece of
-metallic iron becomes coated with rust when left out of doors.
-
-Like other igneous rocks found near the surface in Illinois, gabbro was
-carried into Illinois by the glaciers and deposited as glacial debris.
-
-
-
-
- PORPHYRY (3)
-
-
-PORPHYRY is an igneous rock identified by its texture rather than its
-mineral content, which is variable. Distinct crystals (phenocrysts) of
-minerals are embedded in a matrix of fine-grained rock. The phenocrysts
-formed before the main mass of the rock hardened.
-
-Any igneous rock may have a porphyritic variety, such as granite
-porphyry and rhyolite porphyry, although porphyries are most likely to
-form in association with fine-grained igneous rocks.
-
-Porphyry is found in Illinois only in glacial drift.
-
-
-
-
- BASALT (4)
-
-
-BASALT is the most widely distributed volcanic rock. Pyroxene, feldspar,
-magnetite (an iron ore), and in some instances olivine, biotite, and
-hornblende, compose this rock. The dark green, gray, or black color is
-due to the dark-colored minerals that make up much of the rock. The
-minerals in basalt are fine grained and are packed closely together.
-Phenocrysts of olivine, pyroxene, and hornblende may be present. Basalt
-is easily identified by its color and fine-grained texture.
-
-The glaciers brought basalt into Illinois along with other igneous
-rocks.
-
-
-
-
- PERIDOTITE (5)
-
-
-PERIDOTITE is the only igneous rock native to Illinois that crops out at
-the surface. It is found as dikes (irregular veins) or sills (thin
-sheets) that were formed when molten rock from deeper in the earth
-intruded into cracks and fissures in the bedrock of southeastern
-Illinois (Hardin, Pope, Gallatin, and Saline Counties). Peridotite
-pebbles and boulders also may be found in the glacial drift.
-
-Peridotite ranges from very fine grained to medium grained and has an
-even texture. It is dark gray to greenish gray, depending on the
-minerals present. In general it is composed of olivine, hornblende,
-pyroxene, and mica, with little or no feldspar or quartz.
-
-
-
-
- GNEISS AND SCHIST (6)
-
-
-GNEISS is a metamorphic rock composed of roughly parallel bands of
-minerals. It is medium grained to coarse grained and is generally light
-in color. The names given to gneiss emphasize a distinctive texture or
-mineral or indicate composition. For example, biotite gneiss emphasizes
-a mineral, and granite gneiss indicates the composition of the rock.
-
-SCHIST is much like gneiss but is fine grained and has a thinly layered
-structure that makes the rock break with a wavy surface. Some common
-types of schistose rocks are talc schist, chlorite schist, and
-hornblende schist. As the names indicate, they are characterized by
-their dominant mineral. Mica schist may be formed by the metamorphism of
-either sedimentary or igneous rocks.
-
-Gneiss and schist are not native to Illinois but are found in the
-glacial drift.
-
-
-
-
- CONGLOMERATE (7)
-
-
-CONGLOMERATE is a sedimentary rock made up of pebbles or other rock
-fragments cemented in a background or matrix of finer material,
-generally silica, calcium carbonate, clay, iron oxide, or a mixture of
-these substances. The rounded rock fragments have been worn by being
-rolled in streams and along beaches.
-
- [Illustration: uncaptioned]
-
-If the pebbles embedded in the matrix are sharp and angular, freshly
-broken and not worn, the rock is called breccia and is generally found
-near the place where the fragments originated. Conglomerate or breccia
-may be made up of any type of rock or mineral, most commonly durable
-material such as chert, quartz, quartzite, granite, and gneiss.
-
-In Illinois, conglomerates commonly are found at the base of sandstone
-formations and as beds in the lower “Coal Measures.” They also are found
-in some gravel deposits.
-
-
-
-
- SANDSTONE (8)
-
-
-SANDSTONE is a clastic sedimentary rock consisting of sand-sized grains
-(one sixty-fourth to one-sixteenth inch in diameter) held together by a
-cementing material. As sandstones become finer grained they grade into
-siltstones; as they become coarser grained they grade into conglomerate.
-The shape of sand grains in sandstones ranges from rounded to angular.
-
-Quartz is the dominant mineral in sandstone, but other rock grains and
-mineral grains (especially chalcedony, feldspar, muscovite, hornblende,
-magnetite, or garnet) generally are present.
-
-Sandstones are commonly cemented by carbonates, silica, iron oxides, or
-clays. Most sandstones are a shade of gray or brown, but the color may
-vary from gray or white to yellow, brown, or red. The color probably
-depends on the type of cement, the amount of organic material present,
-and the amount and degree of oxidation of iron in the rock.
-
-Durability of sandstones depends largely on the character of the cement.
-Some sandstones crumble easily, but others, especially those cemented by
-iron oxides or silica, are tough and durable. Sandstones break around
-the grains, giving the broken surface a granular appearance.
-
-Sandstone crops out in many places throughout much of the state. In
-LaSalle and Ogle Counties, large tonnages of sand are mined from the St.
-Peter Sandstone and sold for a variety of uses, including abrasive sand,
-molding sand, and sand for making glass. In extreme southern Illinois
-attractively colored sandstones have been quarried for building stone.
-
-
-
-
- QUARTZITE (9)
-
-
-QUARTZITE is a metamorphic rock that originally was quartz sandstone.
-Quartzites are produced by intense heat and/or pressure, probably aided
-by hot silica-bearing solutions. The quartz grains may be so closely
-interlocked that individual grains are no longer recognizable. The rock
-fractures conchoidally through both the grains and cement, so the broken
-surface, unlike that of sandstone, is smooth and may even be glassy like
-quartz.
-
-Color depends upon the amount and kind of impurities present. A
-quartzite that is all quartz is white or gray, but iron or other
-elements may change the color to shades of purple, yellow, brown, or
-red. Quartzite is a very resistant, hard rock and cannot be scratched by
-a knife.
-
-Quartzite is abundant as boulders and pebbles in glacial drift of
-Illinois, having been brought into the state during the “Ice Age.”
-
-
-
-
- SHALE (10)
-
-
-SHALE is a common and important sedimentary rock composed of compacted
-clay or mud. It is so fine grained that the minerals forming it
-generally cannot be identified without the aid of X-ray.
-
-Shales are composed mainly of clay minerals but, like other sedimentary
-rocks, generally include other minerals. Shales containing calcium
-carbonate are called calcareous shales. Most shales contain silt or sand
-particles; if silt or sand is present in large quantity, the rock is
-called silty shale or sandy shale. If mica minerals are present in
-quantity in a shale it is called micaceous shale.
-
-The particles of most clay minerals are thin and flat and overlap each
-other.
-
-Shales have a wide range of colors but most of those in Illinois are
-gray. A gray, black, or blue-gray color is caused by organic matter in
-the shale; shades of red, brown, yellow, or green are caused by iron
-compounds.
-
-Shale is widely distributed in Illinois, especially in “Coal Measures”
-rocks, and is used in manufacturing bricks, drain tile, building tile,
-and lightweight aggregate.
-
-
-
-
- CLAY (11)
-
-
-CLAY is an unconsolidated rock made up of a group of hydrous aluminum
-silicate minerals, of which chlorite, montmorillonite, kaolinite, and
-illite are the most abundant. These minerals are formed by the
-weathering or alteration of other rocks and minerals.
-
-Clays are very fine grained and their minerals have tiny, flat crystals
-that can be distinguished from each other only by laboratory methods.
-Although clays may appear to be similar, their compositions vary
-greatly.
-
-Some clays are white, but most are colored by iron compounds and organic
-matter. Wet clays have an earthy odor and generally are slick and
-plastic, but dry clays are relatively hard and are greasy to the touch.
-
-Clays are abundant in Illinois, especially in soils, in shales, and as
-clay deposits. In Illinois the underclays that occur beneath coal beds
-are particularly well suited to the manufacture of bricks, pottery,
-stoneware, and drain tile.
-
-
-
-
- LIMESTONE (12)
-
-
-LIMESTONE is a sedimentary rock composed of particles of calcite
-(calcium carbonate). The crystals may range from fine to coarse. Many
-limestones contain other minerals, such as chert, clay, or sand, and in
-some places they grade into dolomite (calcium magnesium carbonate).
-
-Many limestones are white or gray. Yellow or brown shades are caused by
-iron oxide impurities and dark gray to black colors by organic matter.
-
-Limestones form in various ways. Some are deposited when calcium
-carbonate precipitates from solution; others are formed when the shells
-or skeletons of organisms such as brachiopods, clams, and corals
-accumulate on a sea floor. If such fossils are very abundant, the rock
-is called fossiliferous limestone. Limestone composed of tiny, rounded
-concretions is called oolite or oolitic limestone.
-
-Limestone effervesces freely in dilute hydrochloric acid, but dolomite
-must be powdered before it will effervesce. In nature, limestones may be
-dissolved by percolating water containing weak acid (such as carbonic
-acid, composed of water and carbon dioxide). At many places in southern
-and southwestern Illinois such solution of limestones has produced caves
-and caverns.
-
-Limestone outcrops are abundant in Illinois, especially along the bluffs
-of the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois Rivers.
-
-Limestone has many uses. It is used for building stone, road surfacing,
-railroad ballast, in the manufacture of portland cement, and, if of high
-purity, for making lime and chemicals and as a flux in smelting metals.
-It also is used, as agricultural limestone, to add calcium to the soil.
-
-
-
-
- PEAT (13)
-
-
-PEAT is produced by the partial decomposition of plants that accumulate,
-with varying amounts of mineral matter, in old ponds, swamps, and lakes,
-and in abandoned channels in valley bottoms along many rivers and
-streams. Peat may be an early stage in the formation of coal.
-
-Peat ranges from light to dark brown, the color, decomposition, and
-compaction increasing with depth in the deposit. Some of the plant
-remains are clearly distinguishable and appear as fibrous fragments held
-together by the fine peat particles. The type of peat common in Illinois
-has a high water content. Before it is dried it is soft and spongy to
-the touch; upon drying, it loses much water and becomes harder.
-
-Peat is used as a fuel in some parts of the world, but its heating value
-is low compared to that of coal. It burns with a long flame and leaves a
-great deal of ash because of the silt and sand that were buried with the
-vegetation. Peat and peat moss are used chiefly as an absorbent, as
-stable litter, as insulating and packing material, and by gardeners to
-increase the water-holding capacity of soils.
-
-Peat is found in many places in Illinois but the largest deposits are in
-northeastern Illinois.
-
-
-
-
- COAL (14)
-
-
-COAL, an organic stratified rock, is formed from accumulated plant
-material and partially decayed plants that were buried during the “Coal
-Measures” period in Illinois more than 200 million years ago.
-
-Sediments deposited over the peat-like organic material compacted it.
-Chemical changes gradually took place and resulted in the loss of water
-and gases, leaving a higher percentage of carbon than the original
-material contained.
-
-The amount of such change that has taken place determines the rank of
-the coal. The lowest ranks are called lignite, the intermediate group is
-called bituminous (soft) coal, and coals of the highest rank, with the
-highest carbon content, are called anthracite (hard coal). Mineral
-matter, such as shale, clay, or pyrite, generally is present in the coal
-and becomes ash when the coal is burned.
-
-Most coal mined in the United States is bituminous coal. It is black,
-brittle, breaks into angular blocks, has a shiny luster, and generally
-shows a banded structure.
-
-Coal mining is an important industry in Illinois, and the state contains
-the largest known reserves of bituminous coal in the United States.
-Minable coal beds underlie about two-thirds of the state. As many as 20
-different coal beds have been mined in Illinois, the most important
-being the Herrin (No. 6) and the Springfield (No. 5) or Harrisburg (No.
-5). The coal in most mining areas averages 5 to 7 feet thick and in
-places attains a thickness of 15 feet.
-
-In underground mines the coal is approached by vertical or inclined
-shafts. In open cut, or strip, mines all of the overlying material
-(overburden) is removed, leaving the coal exposed. Coal as much as 100
-feet deep is now being strip mined in Illinois.
-
-Illinois coal is now used mainly for generating electric power, for
-industrial purposes, and for heating. In industry, coal is used
-extensively for power, heating, burning cement, firing clay products
-such as brick, tile, pottery, porcelain, and china, and making coke.
-
-Certain Illinois coals when mixed with coal from the eastern part of the
-United States, produce metallurgical coke for making steel. Gases, oils,
-and tars derived in processing coal for coke have been used for making
-many chemical products, including dyes, perfumes, explosives, medicines,
-insecticides, plastics, and road tar.
-
-
-
-
- PETROLEUM (15)
-
-
-PETROLEUM (crude oil) is classed as a mineral resource although it is a
-liquid hydrocarbon and not technically a mineral or rock. It is,
-however, found in the pores and fractures of rocks. The color of crude
-oil ranges from yellow through green and brown to black.
-
- [Illustration: uncaptioned]
-
- Arch (anticline)
- Gas
- Porous rock
- Nonporous rock
- Oil saturated rock
- Water
- Break (fault)
- Nonporous rock
- Oil saturated porous rock
- Water saturated porous rock
- Trap formed by change in character of rock
- Water
- Nonporous rock
- Porous rock
-
-Petroleum had its origin in the plants and animals buried in ancient
-sediments. The organic matter changed slowly into the complex mixture of
-hydrogen and carbon compounds that is petroleum.
-
-Because gas is lighter than oil, and oil in turn lighter than water, gas
-and oil move upward in a porous rock containing all three. Gas moves to
-the highest position with oil next below and water in the lowest part of
-the rock. Oil pools exist where geologic barriers have stopped the
-movement of gas and oil.
-
-Arches (upward folds or anticlines), breaks (faults), and lateral
-changes from porous to nonporous rock are geologic features that serve
-to localize oil pools within the reservoir rock.
-
-Petroleum is obtained by drilling wells into the reservoir rock. Gas
-that is free or dissolved in the petroleum expands as pressure is
-released when the well is drilled and drives the oil to the well. Water
-in the reservoir rock also acts as a driving force. When this natural
-pressure is no longer effective, other methods (secondary recovery) are
-used to recover the oil remaining in the reservoir.
-
-Porous sandstones and limestones are the oil-bearing rocks. Illinois
-also has deposits of oil shale from which petroleum may be produced in
-the future.
-
-Thousands of products are derived from petroleum, including gasoline,
-kerosene, naphtha, lubricating oils and waxes, medicinal oils, salves,
-heavy fuels, road oils, tar, and asphalt.
-
-
-
-
- GLACIATED PEBBLES (16)
-
-
-GLACIATED PEBBLES are small stones whose shapes have been altered by the
-grinding action of a glacier. Such pebbles commonly have at least one
-flattened side that shows scratches (called striae). The striae were
-produced when the pebbles were pushed over bedrock or ground against
-other pieces of rock.
-
-Glaciers tore fragments from the bedrock over which they moved and the
-fragments accumulated in, on, and under the mass of ice. The rock
-fragments were transported, some of them far from their source, and were
-deposited as the glacier moved along or when the ice melted.
-
-Soft rocks like limestone and dolomite are easily scratched, but soft
-rocks cannot make grooves in hard igneous and metamorphic rocks.
-Therefore soft rocks have more striae.
-
-Glaciated pebbles can be found in deposits in many parts of the state,
-especially in northeastern and east-central Illinois. However, many
-deposits near the surface have been weathered and striae have been
-destroyed. An especially good place to look for striated pebbles is in
-quarries and strip mines where glacial drift overburden has been
-removed. Pebbles found in such deposits show good striae for they are
-but little weathered.
-
-
-
-
- SILICA SAND (17)
-
-
-SILICA SAND is the commercial name for sand composed almost entirely of
-grains of quartz. Sand of this kind is mined in Illinois from the St.
-Peter Sandstone in LaSalle and Ogle Counties. The coarser grains of the
-sand are characteristically rounded and frosted. The frosting causes the
-sand to look white.
-
-Illinois silica sand has many uses. It is used just as it is mined for
-molding sand in which metal castings are made, for lining industrial
-furnaces, and for many other purposes. Some of the sand is washed to
-remove the small amount of impurities present. The washed sand is used
-for such purposes as making glass, for grinding plate glass smooth, for
-sand blasting, for molding metal, as fracturing sand to increase the
-production of oil wells. Some silica sand is ground to a fine powder and
-used as a fine abrasive, as a filler in paint, and as an ingredient in
-pottery, glazes, and enamel.
-
-A specially prepared St. Peter sand, known throughout the world as
-Standard Ottawa Testing Sand, is used to test the strength of cements
-and as a laboratory standard in physical tests of other sands.
-
-
-
-
- MOLDING SAND (18)
-
-
-MOLDING SAND is a mixture of sand and clay or other bonding material and
-is used to make molds in which metal is cast into various useful shapes.
-There are two kinds of molding sands, synthetic and natural bonded. The
-first is an artificial mixture of silica sand and clay; the second is a
-naturally occurring mixture of sand and a bonding material.
-
-For casting, molding sand is first moistened with water and shaped into
-a mold of the metal part to be reproduced. The mold is then allowed to
-dry and the molten metal poured into it. The bonding material in the
-sand must be strong enough to keep the mold in shape during these
-operations.
-
-Natural bonded molding sand is produced in Fayette, Bond, Bureau,
-Carroll, Kankakee, and Rock Island Counties, Illinois.
-
-
-
-
- TRIPOLI (19)
-
-
-TRIPOLI, called amorphous silica in southern Illinois, is a white or
-light brown, powdery substance that rubs off on the hands like chalk. It
-consists mostly of very small particles of quartz that result from the
-weathering of calcareous chert or highly siliceous limestone.
-
-It is finely ground and used as “white rouge” for polishing optical
-lenses, as a filler in paints, in making ceramic products, as a
-component of buffing compounds, and as a fine abrasive.
-
-Tripoli occurs in Alexander and Union Counties and is milled at Elco and
-Tamms in Alexander County.
-
-
-
-
- FULLER’S EARTH (20)
-
-
-FULLER’S EARTH is clay or silty clay material that contains very fine
-silica. It is soft, nonplastic, opaque, has a greasy feel when wet, and
-does not readily break up in water. Its color varies from blue-gray to
-yellow or buff.
-
-Fuller’s earth is valuable for its unique property of absorbing and
-decolorizing substances. The material was first used to “full” or remove
-grease from woolen cloth, hence its name. It also has been used to
-filter and bleach mineral and vegetable oils by absorbing dark organic
-matter.
-
-In Pulaski County in extreme southern Illinois the Porter’s Creek
-Formation contains deposits of clay that were at one time the source of
-fuller’s earth and still afford clay whose absorbent properties make it
-useful as litter and as sweeping and cleaning compound.
-
-
-
-
- QUARTZ (21)
-
-
-QUARTZ is the most common of all minerals, making up about 12 percent of
-the earth’s crust. There are two main types of quartz—crystalline quartz
-and dense, crypto-crystalline (submicroscopic) quartz. Many dense
-varieties occur in Illinois, probably the most common are chert or
-flint.
-
- [Illustration: uncaptioned]
-
-Crystals of quartz are typically six-sided, elongated, have sharply
-pointed pyramid-like ends, and are apt to grow together forming twins.
-Good crystals are rare in Illinois, and the crystal structure is not
-apparent in the commonly occurring grains and masses.
-
-Quartz is brittle and hard. It may be colorless or tinted, transparent
-or translucent, but more commonly it is white and nearly opaque.
-Transparent quartz looks much like ordinary glass, but it scratches
-glass easily. It has a glassy to brilliant luster and breaks irregularly
-or with a good conchoidal fracture.
-
-Some varieties of quartz that are used for semiprecious gems are
-chalcedony, agate, onyx, and jasper. Chalcedony is waxy, smooth,
-generally translucent, white to gray, blue, brown, or black. Agate is a
-form of chalcedony that has a mottled or variegated banded appearance
-and may be yellow, green, red, brown, blue, gray, or black. Onyx is
-agate with parallel bands that as a rule are brown and white or black
-and white. Jasper, an impure opaque quartz, generally is red.
-
-Quartz occurs as rock crystal (colorless, transparent), milky quartz
-(white, nearly opaque), and smoky quartz (smoky yellow to gray or brown)
-in geodes from the Warsaw and Keokuk Limestones of the
-Nauvoo-Hamilton-Warsaw area and as vein and cavity fillings associated
-locally with fluorite, sphalerite, and galena in extreme southern
-Illinois. It also occurs as vug (cavity) fillings in limestones and
-sandstones.
-
-
-
-
- FELDSPAR (22)
-
-
-FELDSPAR is the name applied to a group of minerals that are the second
-most common of all the earth’s minerals. All feldspars are composed of
-aluminum, silicon, and oxygen, combined with varying amounts of one or
-more metals, particularly potassium, sodium, calcium, and lithium.
-
-The minerals are hard, have a smooth glassy or pearly luster, and cleave
-along two planes nearly at right angles to each other. Feldspars are
-fairly light weight. The streak is white, but the color of the mineral
-is highly variable, although potassium and sodium-bearing feldspar are
-commonly white or pink and most plagioclase feldspar is gray.
-
-Feldspars are essential parts of the crystalline igneous rocks. Their
-decomposition products are present in most soils. In Illinois relatively
-small feldspar crystals can be found associated with quartz and other
-minerals in granite and gneiss boulders and pebbles in glacial drift.
-
-
-
-
- MICA (23)
-
-
-MICA is the name of a family of complex aluminum silicate minerals that
-can be split easily into paper-thin, flexible sheets. If broken across
-the grain at right angles to the flat, smooth surface they fracture
-raggedly. In a single mica crystal the sheets range from more or less
-transparent to translucent and are arranged one on top of another like a
-deck of cards.
-
-Micas are tough and somewhat elastic, soft enough to be split and
-scratched by a fingernail, and are light weight. They have a
-nonmetallic, glassy or pearly luster, although yellow mica may appear to
-be metallic. Color and streak depend upon the chemical composition of
-the mineral. Muscovite, or white mica, contains potassium and makes a
-colorless or white streak. Biotite, or black mica, contains iron and
-magnesium and is commonly dark green or black, although it may be shades
-of yellow or brown; its streak is uncolored.
-
-Mica is abundant as tiny, shimmering flakes in Illinois sands,
-sandstones, and shales (which are then said to be micaceous). It also is
-common in many varieties of igneous and metamorphic rocks. White or
-yellow flakes may show a brilliant luster and may be mistaken for
-silver, platinum, or gold, but those minerals are heavy and malleable
-whereas mica is not.
-
-
-
-
- CALCITE (24)
-
-
-CALCITE, a common rock-forming mineral, consists of calcium carbonate.
-The mineral is white or colorless, but impurities may tint it shades of
-yellow or gray. Transparent calcite is more rare than the tinted
-varieties.
-
-Transparent calcite possesses the property of double refraction; an
-image appears double when viewed through a calcite cleavage block.
-
-Calcite has a glassy luster, its streak is white or colorless. The
-mineral is of medium hardness and can be scratched by a penny or a piece
-of window glass but not by the fingernail. It is fairly light weight and
-effervesces freely in cold dilute hydrochloric acid.
-
- [Illustration: uncaptioned]
-
-Calcite has a variety of crystal forms but in Illinois flattened
-block-shaped crystals and elongate crystals with tapering points
-(“dogtooth spar”) are the most common. When broken, calcite cleaves into
-six-sided blocks called rhombs.
-
-Crystals of calcite are found in Illinois as linings in geodes in
-certain limestones and shales, especially in the Nauvoo-Hamilton-Warsaw
-area, and as crystalline masses in limestone and dolomite. Small amounts
-of clear crystalline calcite are associated with various ores in
-northwestern and extreme southern Illinois.
-
-Calcite is the principal mineral in limestones and occurs as a component
-of many concretions.
-
-
-
-
- FLUORITE (25)
-
-
-FLUORITE, or fluorspar, is made up of the elements calcium and fluorine.
-The mineral is easily identified by its perfect cleavage, color, and
-hardness.
-
-It occurs in cubic crystals that may be twinned but is more often found
-as irregular masses. It can be split into diamond-shaped, eight-sided
-forms (octahedrons). Fluorite is commonly gray, white, or colorless, but
-it may be green, blue, purple, pink, or yellow. The streak is colorless
-and the luster glassy. It can be scratched by a knife or a piece of
-window glass, is fairly light weight, and is transparent to translucent.
-
-Extensive deposits of fluorite, one of Illinois’ important commercial
-minerals, occur in Hardin and Pope Counties in extreme southern
-Illinois, where it is associated with galena, sphalerite, calcite,
-barite, and other less abundant minerals.
-
-Fluorite is used to make hydrofluoric acid, to form a fluid slag in the
-production of iron and steel, in the manufacture of aluminum, to make
-many chemical products, and in the ceramic industry, in which it is used
-to make colored glass, enamels, and glazes.
-
-
-
-
- GYPSUM (26)
-
-
-GYPSUM, hydrous calcium sulfate, is a colorless, transparent to
-translucent mineral when pure, but it often is stained yellow by
-impurities. It has a white streak, is soft enough to be scratched by a
-fingernail, and is light weight.
-
- [Illustration: uncaptioned]
-
-Gypsum occurs in several forms. Selenite is a coarsely crystalline,
-transparent variety, composed of flat, nearly diamond-shaped crystals
-that can be split easily into thin sheets, have a glassy luster, and
-often grow together to form “fishtail twins.” Crystals of selenite occur
-in shales of the “Coal Measures” of southern, north-central, and western
-Illinois, and can be picked up at the surface.
-
-Satin spar has crystals like silky threads closely packed together,
-splits parallel to the fibers, and is found as fillings in rock cracks
-and as thin layers in shales. Massive gypsum is granular.
-
-Gypsum deposits occur deep underground in Illinois but thus far have not
-been mined.
-
-
-
-
- CHERT (27)
-
-
-CHERT, one of the main forms of silicon dioxide, is cryptocrystalline
-(submicroscopic) quartz. Most of the chert in Illinois is white or gray,
-but impurities stain many deposits yellow, brown, or even pink. Chert is
-so hard that it can scratch glass and ordinary steel. It is fairly light
-weight, dense, opaque, and brittle; the luster is dull.
-
-Flint, a variety of chert, is generally dark colored, more dense, may
-have a glassy luster and be transparent in thin flakes. Both chert and
-flint have a smooth, curved (conchoidal) fracture, but flint tends to
-break with thinner, sharper edges. Indians used flint and chert to make
-arrow points and spearheads.
-
-Chert occurs as rounded masses (nodules and concretions) or as irregular
-layers in limestones and dolomites in northern, western, southwestern,
-and southern Illinois. Because chert is hard and more resistant to
-weathering than limestone or dolomite, it often remains after the rest
-of the rock has weathered away.
-
-Chert also is abundant in many glacial deposits because it is hard and
-resists solution. Streams that flow through cherty bedrock or glacial
-deposits carry pebbles along and concentrate them as gravel in stream
-channels. Cherty stream gravels are especially abundant in western and
-southern Illinois.
-
-Brown chert gravels in the southern part of the state are used for road
-gravel. Other deposits in extreme southern Illinois, consisting of
-angular fragments of chert and a small amount of clay (known locally as
-novaculite gravel) also are used for road surfacing.
-
-White and gray chert occur as massive bedrock deposits several hundred
-feet thick in Union and Alexander Counties.
-
-
-
-
- PYRITE AND MARCASITE (28)
-
-
-PYRITE and MARCASITE are iron disulfide compounds. They look much alike
-but have different crystal forms. Both are brittle, hard, brassy yellow
-with metallic luster, and opaque. The best distinguishing feature is
-crystal shape. The pyrite crystals are cubes, but the marcasite crystals
-are blade- or needle-shaped.
-
-Pyrite and marcasite have been mistaken for gold because they are yellow
-and metallic and hence are sometimes referred to as “fool’s gold”. They,
-however, are harder than gold, tarnish, and leave a dark streak, whereas
-gold is soft, very heavy, does not tarnish, and leaves a yellow streak.
-Gold is malleable, but pyrite or marcasite are reduced to powder if they
-are pounded and give off a noticeable odor of sulfur dioxide gas if they
-are heated.
-
-Pyrite and marcasite are found in many deposits in Illinois. They occur
-as grains or larger masses in some clays, shales, and limestones. They
-also occur with the lead and zinc ores of northwestern Illinois and, in
-small amounts, with the fluorite and associated minerals in the extreme
-southern part of the state.
-
-Both pyrite and marcasite are common as surface coatings, veins, and
-concretionary structures in coal and in dark shales associated with
-coal. They are referred to as “coal brasses” or “sulfur” when found as
-impurities in coal.
-
-A potential use for pyrite and marcasite is in the manufacture of
-sulfuric acid for industrial use. Coal brasses recovered from Illinois
-coal have been so used.
-
-
-
-
- LIMONITE (29)
-
-
-LIMONITE is an iron oxide containing water and has a complex chemical
-composition. The limonite found in Illinois may be yellow, orange, red,
-brown, or black, but its streak is always yellowish brown. The mineral
-may have a glassy or an earthy luster. It may be too hard to be
-scratched by a knife. It is of medium weight.
-
-Limonite is common and occurs as concretions and cavity fillings in
-sedimentary rocks, and as coatings on them, especially sandstone. It
-also occurs as iron rust, as scum on stagnant water, and it accumulates
-around rootlets in soils. Small amounts color limestone, dolomite, clay,
-shale, sandstone, and gravel. Some sands are firmly cemented by brown or
-black limonite and look much like iron ore. Clays containing a high
-percentage of limonite are called ocher.
-
-In some states limonite is mined as an iron ore, and in Illinois it was
-so used in Hardin County in the middle 1800’s, but deposits are not
-large enough for profitable use now.
-
-
-
-
- SPHALERITE (30)
-
-
-SPHALERITE, zinc sulfide, is a major ore of zinc. It has a resinous
-luster and a white, yellow, or brown streak. Illinois sphalerite is
-generally yellow, yellowish brown, reddish brown, or brownish black. It
-is of medium weight, brittle, can be scratched by a piece of window
-glass but not by a penny. It is commonly opaque but may be translucent
-on thin edges.
-
-Sphalerite is mined with galena in northwestern Illinois and in extreme
-southern Illinois with galena and fluorite. Small crystals occasionally
-are found in limestones and as crystalline masses in clay-ironstone
-concretions.
-
-
-
-
- GALENA (31)
-
-
-GALENA, lead sulfide, is the principal ore of lead. It is steel gray,
-heavy, opaque, and has a bright metallic luster, though the shiny
-surface may be dulled by a coating of lead carbonate. It has a gray or
-black streak, is soft enough to mark paper, and can be scratched by a
-penny. The cube-shaped crystals readily break into cubic, right-angled
-fragments. Probably the most obvious features of the mineral are its
-bright metallic luster on fresh surfaces, high specific gravity, and
-cubic cleavage.
-
- [Illustration: uncaptioned]
-
-At many places galena is argentiferous (silver-bearing), but Illinois
-galena is relatively unimportant for its silver content. As a source of
-lead, however, it is an important commercial product of the state.
-
-Scattered pieces of galena are found at many places in Illinois. Some
-occur in the glacial deposits, others occur as small pockets and as
-crystals in limestones and geodes. In only two areas of the state are
-deposits of commercial value. In northwestern Illinois galena occurs in
-association with sphalerite; in extreme southern Illinois it occurs in
-association with fluorite and sphalerite.
-
-
-
-
- CONCRETIONS (32)
-
-
-CONCRETIONS are concentrations of inorganic sedimentary material within
-other sediments. Minerals that commonly form concretions are silica (in
-the form of opal, chert, chalcedony, and quartz), calcite, siderite,
-pyrite, marcasite, and limonite.
-
-Concretions may form either as the sediment around them is forming or
-after the sediment around them has hardened. They may be formed when
-water containing dissolved minerals seeps through the sediment or rock
-and leaves a concentration of mineral matter in a cavity or around a
-central particle (nucleus) such as the remains of a plant or animal.
-Portions of rock may also become firmly cemented by such mineral matter.
-
-Concretions range in size from minute particles to objects several feet
-in diameter. Shapes range from spheres to tubes. Many are globular or
-lumpy-surfaced, some are smooth. Because concretions generally are
-harder than the surrounding rock in which they have formed, they do not
-weather away as readily and may remain after the surrounding material
-has been eroded.
-
-Concentrations of calcite are found in loess deposits. They may look
-like bizarre, knobby figurines, and the Germans called them loess
-kindchen (little children of the loess).
-
-Ironstone concretions, especially common in many Illinois shales, are
-formed by a local concentration of the mineral siderite (iron carbonate)
-in the rock. The concretions found in weathered outcrops commonly are
-partly or entirely weathered to limonite. Some ironstone concretions
-grow together into odd shapes. Mazon Creek ironstone concretions of
-northeastern Illinois, world famous for their fossils, are sideritic.
-The concretions are commonly covered with limonite, the result of
-oxidation.
-
-Limonite concretions, generally with a high content of clay, silt, or
-sand, occur in loess, shale, and sandstone.
-
-Concretions of chert and other forms of silica are common in limestones.
-In many places, because of their greater resistance to weathering,
-lenses and nodules of chert protrude from the beds.
-
-Pyrite or marcasite occur as concretions or concretion-like masses in
-some coal beds and in the black shales, sometimes popularly called
-“slates,” above coal beds. Some other Pennsylvanian clays and shales
-also contain concretions or coarsely crystalline aggregates of these
-minerals.
-
-
-
-
- GEODES (33)
-
-
-GEODES are roughly spherical bodies that may be filled with layers of
-minerals, lined with crystals, or both. The outer layer of geodes found
-in Illinois as a rule is composed of chalcedony, a form of finely
-crystalline silica.
-
-Geodes differ from concretions in that they form inward from the outer
-shell, whereas concretions develop outward from a center. Even if geodes
-have been completely filled by mineral matter, their inward-projecting
-crystals prove that they formed within a cavity.
-
-In a partly filled cavity, crystals generally are well formed because
-they grew without being crowded. Some of the best mineral specimens
-known in Illinois are found as crystal linings in geodes.
-
- [Illustration: uncaptioned]
-
-Quartz is the most common mineral deposited in geodes, but calcite,
-aragonite, dolomite, siderite, pyrite, galena, fluorite, and sphalerite
-also are found.
-
-Geodes ranging in size from less than one inch to a foot or more in
-diameter can be gathered from streams where they have accumulated as
-residual boulders after the rock in which they were enclosed has been
-eroded.
-
-Hollow geodes are the most desirable because they have better crystals.
-They can be distinguished from solid ones by their comparative lightness
-of weight.
-
-Geodes are commonly associated with limestone and dolomite, at some
-places with shale. In Illinois they can be found most easily in the
-Warsaw Formation in the area of Nauvoo, Hamilton, and Warsaw, but they
-also occur in other areas and other formations.
-
-
-
-
- ANIMAL FOSSILS (34)
-
-
-Prehistoric animals lived in water, on land, and in the air, and left
-both direct and indirect evidence of their existence, evidence we now
-call fossils.
-
-Millions of ancient animals died without leaving a trace, but some,
-especially those that had hard parts such as shells, bones, or teeth,
-may be found preserved in rocks much as they were when buried beneath
-sediment on the floor of an ancient sea. Sometimes only imprints of the
-outside or fillings of the inside of the shells remain, the original
-material having been completely dissolved. Footprints of land or
-amphibious animals, burrows made by clams, or holes made by worms also
-are fossils.
-
- [Illustration: uncaptioned]
-
-The animals whose remains are fossilized lived and died while the
-sediments that contained them were being deposited, and they provide
-clues to the types of life and climate then existing. Fossils of animals
-characteristic of a certain time are an index to the age of formations
-where they occur. For example, if a certain trilobite (an ancient
-relative of the crayfish and lobster) is known to have lived only during
-a definite time, then all rocks in which it is found are the same age.
-
-Fossils of animals that lived in the sea are exposed in rocks in many
-parts of Illinois, especially in quarries, river bluffs, and road cuts.
-
-The oldest fossils found in Illinois are shells of marine
-animals—snails, corals, crinoids, brachiopods, trilobites, pelecypods
-(clams), cephalopods, bryozoa, arthropods, and others. The youngest
-fossils are teeth and bones of prehistoric bison, giant beavers, deer,
-mammoths and mastodons of the “Ice Age,” and snails found in glacial
-loess.
-
-
-
-
- PLANT FOSSILS (35)
-
-
-PLANT FOSSILS are the remains of prehistoric plants. Woody structures of
-plants aid preservation just as hard parts of animals do. Leaves and
-plants without much woody material generally were well preserved only if
-they were buried quickly in fine, soft sediment.
-
-The most famous Illinois plant fossils are those from the Mazon Creek
-area in Grundy and Will Counties of northeastern Illinois. The plant
-material acted as a nucleus around which iron minerals accumulated to
-form concretions. Many good fossils—of trunks, branches, leaves, and
-seeds—are found in coals and in shale directly overlying coals.
-Descendants of “Coal Measures” plants, such as ferns, mosses, and
-rushes, are still living today, but they no longer thrive as they did in
-the warm, moist climate of the Pennsylvanian forests.
-
-Some plants of Pennsylvanian age are petrified, and occasionally such
-trees or stumps are found. Petrified trees are found also in the upper
-Mesozoic deposits of southern Illinois. Fossils of “Ice Age” plants
-closely related to forms living at the present time are occasionally
-found in peat bogs or scattered throughout glacial deposits.
-
- [Illustration: uncaptioned]
-
-
-
-
- KEYS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON ILLINOIS ROCKS AND MINERALS
-
-
-Two keys, one for minerals and one for rocks, briefly present clues that
-may aid the collector in identifying rocks and minerals found in
-Illinois. In outline form, the keys are a guide to some of the easily
-observable properties that various rocks and minerals display.
-
-The rocks and minerals in the school set of “Typical Rocks and Minerals
-of Illinois” are included, plus other relatively common ones you might
-find in Illinois. Because of the great diversity of rocks and minerals
-in this state, the keys are not conclusive. It is therefore suggested
-you consult other more complete keys (such as that in Dana’s _Manual of
-Mineralogy_) when identifying rocks and minerals that are either from
-other states or are difficult to identify.
-
-The minerals (p. 30-35) are arranged in two groups: 1) those with a
-metallic luster, and 2) those with a nonmetallic luster. Each group is
-arranged according to increasing hardness. Other characteristics such as
-color, streak, cleavage, fracture, and composition are listed.
-
-The rocks (p. 36-39) are arranged according to their reaction to dilute
-hydrochloric acid applied to a scratched surface. (The acid reacts more
-readily to powdered material produced by scratching the rock.) After the
-reaction to acid has been determined, the texture and components of the
-rock should be noted. Because rocks grade into one another, clear
-distinctions are not always possible.
-
-
-MINERAL IDENTIFICATION KEY
-
- I. METALLIC LUSTER, STREAK COLORED
- C—color H—hardness Remarks Name and
- S—streak Cl—cleavage composition
- F—fracture
- A. Hardness not more than 2.5
-
- C—lead gray H—2.5 Very heavy; occurs as Galena (31)
- S—black Cl—cubic; crystals, grains, or PbS
- perfect in 3 masses; easily
- directions identified by color and
- F—subconchoidal cleavage
- or even
- C—copper red H—2.5 Very heavy; apt to have Native copper
- S—metallic, Cl—none green coating; distorted Cu
- shiny F—jagged or wirelike forms;
- malleable
-
- B. Hardness greater than 2.5 but not greater than 6.5
-
- C—yellow-brown H—5.5 (may be as In earthy masses; Limonite (29)
- to black low as 1) coloring material in FeO(OH)·H₂O
- S—yellow-brown Cl—none many sandstones,
- F—uneven conglomerates, and
- soils; often mixed with
- and difficult to
- distinguish from
- goethite and other iron
- minerals
- C—brassy yellow H—6 As compact masses, Pyrite (28)
- S—greenish black Cl—poor grains, cubes, and in 8- FeS₂
- F—conchoidal to and 12-sided crystals;
- uneven commonly associated with
- coal, and with lead-zinc
- ores of northwestern
- Illinois
- C—pale brassy H—6 As fibrous, radiating, Marcasite
- yellow to Cl—poor tabular, and cocks-comb FeS₂ (28)
- silver white F—uneven crystals or compact
- S—greenish gray masses; usually lighter
- colored than pyrite, but
- difficult to distinguish
- from pyrite; associated
- with coal, and with
- lead-zinc ores of
- northwestern Illinois
-
- II. NONMETALLIC LUSTER, STREAK WHITE
- A. Hardness not greater than 2 (can be scratched by fingernail)
-
- C—usually white H—2 Commonly found in Gypsum (26)
- but may be Cl—perfect in Illinois as twinned or CaSO₄·2H₂O
- almost any color one direction, needle-shaped crystals
- less perfect in in weathered shales
- two others containing pyrite and
- calcium carbonate
- C—white or a H—2 As needle-shaped Melanterite
- shade of green crystals or powdery FeSO₄·7H₂O
- coating on pyrite or
- marcasite; has an
- astringent taste
-
- B. Hardness greater than 2 but not greater than 3 (Can be scratched by a
- penny)
-
- C—colorless, H—2-2.5 In scales or “books”; in Muscovite
- silver white, Cl—perfect in splits into thin sheets; (white mica)
- gray, brown one direction common in sandstones, (23)
- shales, and in igneous (OH)₂KAl₂
- and metamorphic rocks AlSi₃O₈
- C—brown or black H—2.5-3 As scales or “books”; Biotite (23)
- Cl—perfect in splits into thin sheets; (black mica)
- one direction common in igneous and (OH)₂K(Mg,Fe)₃
- metamorphic rocks but AlSi₃O₈
- not in sedimentary rocks
- such as sandstone or
- shale
- C—colorless, H—3 Common mineral; Calcite (24)
- white, gray, Cl—perfect in effervesces vigorously CaCO₃
- and various three in cold acid; occurs in
- tints directions, not many crystal forms and
- at right angles as fibrous, banded, and
- (rhombohedral) compact masses; chief
- mineral in limestones
- C—white, gray, H—3 Very heavy; commonly in Barite
- red, or almost Cl—perfect in tabular crystals united BaSO₄
- any color one direction, in diverging groups, as
- less perfect in laminated or granular
- two other masses; associated with
- directions fluorite in southern
- Illinois
-
- C. Hardness greater than 3 but not greater than 5
- (Cannot be scratched by penny; can be scratched by knife)
-
- C—white, gray, H—3.5 Relatively heavy; Witherite
- light yellow Cl—in one effervesces in acid; BaCO₃
- direction associated with fluorite
- F—uneven and barite in southern
- Illinois but is not
- abundant
- C—white, pink, H—3.5 In grains, rhombohedral Dolomite
- gray, or light Cl—perfect in crystals and cleavable CaMg(CO₃)₂
- brown three or granular masses;
- directions, not effervesces slowly in
- at right angles cold acid when powdered,
- (rhombohedral) more vigorously in warm
- acid; principal mineral
- in rock called dolomite
- C—colorless, H—3.5 In fibrous or compact Cerussite
- white, gray, masses or may be in PbCO₃
- grayish black orthorhombic crystals as
- a coating on galena;
- very heavy; effervesces
- in acid; formed by
- alteration of galena
- C—brown to gray H—3.5 In fibrous or botryoidal Siderite
- S—usually white Cl—in three masses or rhombohedral FeCO₃
- but may tend directions not crystals; effervesces in
- toward brown at right angles hot acid
- when weathered (rhombohedral)
- slightly curved
- surfaces
- C—yellow, H—3.5 In crystals, in fibrous Sphalerite
- yellow-brown to Cl—parallel to or layered masses; ZnS (30)
- almost black dodecahedral associated with galena
- S—light yellow faces; in six in northwestern
- to brown directions Illinois, with fluorite
- and galena in southern
- Illinois
- C—colorless, H—4 In cubes and cleavable Fluorite (25)
- white, yellow, Cl—perfect, masses; many colors; (Fluorspar)
- purple, green, parallel to mined in Hardin and Pope CaF₂
- blue octahedral counties
- faces; in four
- directions
- C—white, tinted H—5 As crystalline Smithsonite
- yellow, blue, incrustations or in ZnCO₃
- or green earthy or compact
- masses; associated with
- fluorite-sphalerite ores
- in southern Illinois,
- with galena and
- sphalerite in
- northwestern Illinois
-
- D. Hardness greater than 5 but not greater than 7
-
- C—white, green, H—5-6 In long, slender 6-sided Amphibole Group
- brown, black Cl—in two crystals; cleavage angle (Mg,Fe,Ca)₇
- directions important in (Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
- intersecting at differentiating from (may also
- about 60° and pyroxenes; common in contain Na or
- 120° metamorphic and some Al)
- igneous rocks
- C—gray, dark H—5-6 Crystals short, stout, Pyroxene Group
- green, black, Cl—in two and 8-sided; cleavage (Mg,Ca,Fe)₂
- dark brown, directions angle important in (Si₂O₆)
- bronze intersecting at differentiating from
- about 90° amphiboles; common in
- igneous and some
- metamorphic rocks
- C—white, gray, H—6 As crystals, cleavable Feldspar Group
- pink, light Cl—in two masses and grains; (22)
- blue, green directions common in igneous and K, Na, Ca, Ba
- nearly at right metamorphic rocks, also (Al, Si)₄O₈
- angles in stream gravel and
- sand; many varieties
- C—white when H—7 Finely crystalline Chalcedony
- pure; may be Cl—none variety of quartz; SiO₂
- colored by F—conchoidal botryoidal or
- impurities concretionary masses;
- lining in geodes
- C—colorless, H—7 Most abundant mineral; Quartz (21)
- white, or F—conchoidal occurs in 6-sided SiO₂
- almost any color crystals capped by
- pyramids, in grains or
- masses; principal
- mineral in sandstone,
- also abundant in igneous
- and metamorphic rocks;
- is a variety of silica
- C—red H—7 A variety of quartz Jasper
- F—conchoidal usually colored red by SiO₂
- hematite inclusions;
- common in glacial and
- river sand and gravel
- found along Lake
- Michigan shores and in
- the Mississippi River
- C—many; H—7 Cloudy banded variety of Agate
- arranged in F—conchoidal silica; widely used as SiO₂
- bands semi-precious stones.
- Onyx and silicified wood
- are forms of agate;
- found in glacial gravels
- and upper Mesozoic
- sediments in southern
- Illinois
-
- E. Hardness greater than 7 (cannot be scratched by quartz)
-
- C—red, brown, H—7.5 Irregular grains or Garnet Group
- yellow, green, Cl—poor masses; sometimes as (Ca,Mn,Fe,Mg)₃
- black, white F—even 12-, 24-, and 36-sided (Al,Cr)₂(SiO₄)₃
- crystals; abundant in
- glacial sands and Lake
- Michigan beach sands;
- common in metamorphic
- rocks
-
-
-
-
- ROCK IDENTIFICATION KEY
-
-
- SAMPLE
- Scratch with a knife and apply dilute acid (HCl)
- If rock does not scratch, go directly to I, II, or III
-
- No effervescence or very slight effervescence
- I Coarse-grained (p. 37)
- II Fine-grained (p. 38)
- III Organic (p. 39)
- Slight effervescence
- gray, light gray, white, or brown: Dolomite
- Vigorous effervescence
- Composed of pebbles that effervesce
- Rounded pebbles: Limestone conglomerate
- Angular pebbles: Limestone breccia
- Composed of crystals of calcite, fossil shells, or oolites:
- Limestone
- Composed of banded layers of crystalline calcite; commonly found in
- caves, forming stalactites and stalagmites: Travertine
- Large amount of insoluble residue left on acid-treated surface
- Individual grains seen with unaided eye: Calcareous sandstone
- Individual grains not seen with unaided eye: Calcareous shale
- Composed of porous or cellular mass of calcite; commonly found near
- springs and waterfalls: Tufa
-
-
-I COARSE-GRAINED ROCKS
-
- A. Rock consists of interlocking grains or crystals, easily seen; too
- hard to scratch with a knife
- 1. Crystals aligned in one direction
- a) Crystals in parallel bands with layers of quartz and feldspar
- separated by mica and other minerals
- Gneiss (6)
- b) Crystals in thin parallel bands; tends to split into thin
- sheets parallel to banding; some varieties may be scratched
- with a knife
- Schist (6)
- 2. Crystals not aligned in any particular direction
- a) Light gray, pink, red, or tan with only a few dark minerals;
- feldspar and quartz principal minerals
- Granite (1)
- b) Dark to medium gray; composed of feldspar and dark minerals
- with little quartz
- Gabbro (2)
- c) Dark green to black; essentially dark minerals, may have some
- feldspar; quartz generally lacking
- Peridotite (5)
- d) Light color; similar to granite in texture but lacks quartz;
- composed of feldspar and some dark minerals
- Syenite
- e) Large, easily seen crystals set in a fine- to extremely
- fine-grained background; any color
- Porphyry (3)
- f) Essentially quartz; grains may be identifiable; specimens break
- through rather than around grains
- Quartzite (9)
- B. Rock composed of individual rock particles or fragments,
- non-interlocking crystals, cemented or not cemented together; may
- or may not be scratched with a knife
- 1. Particles or fragments not uniform in size; a mixture of pebbles,
- sand, and smaller materials
- a) Solid rock consisting of particles or fragments generally
- rounded and cemented together
- Conglomerate (7)
- b) Solid rock consisting of particles or fragments, generally
- angular and cemented together
- Breccia
- c) Fragments ranging in size from clay to large boulders; may be
- compacted, but not cemented; much clay generally present; may
- effervesce
- Glacial till
- d) Loose particles of many sizes, not cemented together; some
- particles may effervesce
- Gravel
- 2. Rock particles or fragments, about the size of grains of sugar (2
- to .05 mm)
- a) Loose particles consisting largely of quartz
- Sand
- b) Solid rock consisting largely of quartz; can be separated
- easily into individual particles; granular; breaks around
- rather than through grains
- Sandstone (8)
-
-
-II FINE-GRAINED ROCKS
-
- A. Cannot be scratched easily with a knife; crystals or particles not
- easily seen with the unaided eye; very hard, difficult to
- break; may contain a few crystals or particles large enough to
- see; granular
- 1) Dense; brittle; splintery or conchoidal fracture; sharp edges and
- corners when broken; often associated with limestone; usually
- white or gray; very dense, dull varieties called flint
- Chert (27)
- 2) Light gray, pink, red, or tan varieties common; boulders or
- fragments in the glacial drift
- Felsite
- 3) Dark gray, greenish, black, or maroon varieties common; may have
- small mineral-filled cavities; occurs as boulders or fragments
- in the glacial drift
- Basalt (4)
- 4) Essentially quartz; grains may be identifiable; specimens break
- through rather than around grains
- Quartzite (9)
-
- B. May or may not be scratched with a knife; fairly uniformly fine
- grained
- 1) Soft; feels slippery or soapy when wet; may disintegrate in
- water; gives off an earthy odor when breathed upon
- Clay
- 2) Loose; gritty; particles smaller than table salt
- Silt
- 3) Solid rock; often in thin beds or sheets; separates into silt;
- mica flakes may be present; may contain fossils; may effervesce
- slightly
- Siltstone
- 4) Solid rock; breaks into thin platy sheets; may feel slippery when
- wet; black to gray; may contain fossils; shows thin laminations;
- may effervesce
- Shale (10)
- 5) Solid rock: does not break into thin platy fragments; may
- effervesce slightly
- Mudstone
- 6) Solid rock; usually gray or black; splits into platy sheets or
- slabs; harder than shale
- Slate
- 7) Powdery; white or light brown; commonly associated with chert and
- quartz from which it forms
- Tripoli (19)
-
-
-III ORGANIC ROCKS (DARK COLORED)
-
- A. Soft; spongy when wet; very lightweight when dry; forms in swampy
- places
- 1) Fine mass with coarse plant fragments; dark gray to black
- Peat (13)
- 2) Plant fragments small and not easily recognized; fine-grained;
- black to dark gray; earthy
- Muck
- B. Hard but can be scratched with a knife
- 1) Black; contains bands of shiny and dull material; burns well
- Coal (14)
- 2) Dark gray to black; does not contain shiny bands; splits into
- thin sheets; burns poorly or not at all
- Bituminous shale
-
-
-
-
- EQUIPMENT FOR COLLECTING
-
-
-1. Hammer (bricklayer’s) with one chisel or pick head.
-
-2. Cold chisel about 6 inches long with an edge about ½-inch wide.
-
-3. Dilute hydrochloric (muriatic) acid (10 percent solution) in a
- dropper bottle for testing the presence of carbonate minerals.
- Mark the bottle POISON. If acid is spilled on skin or clothing,
- wipe immediately and, if possible, rinse with water.
-
-4. Magnifying glass or hand lens—10 power is probably most useful.
-
-5. Hardness testers—penny, square of window glass, pocket knife, or
- nail.
-
-6. Streak plate—piece of unglazed white porcelain (such as the back of a
- tile) for testing the color of the streak of minerals.
-
-7. Notebook and pencil for keeping records of the locality and bed from
- which specimens are collected.
-
-8. Collecting bag—a musette bag, a knapsack, or similar bag of strong
- material.
-
-9. Heavy gloves and goggles to protect hands and eyes.
-
-10. Labels and wrappings. Field identification of specimens may be
- written on adhesive tape and attached to the specimen or on a slip
- of paper enclosed in the wrapping. Newspaper, brown paper, or
- paper bags can be used for wrapping specimens. Label the outside
- of the wrapped specimen too. Take only the best specimens home
- with you. Trim specimens to hand size (about 2 by 3 inches).
-
-All specimens should be labeled with the following information: name of
- mineral or rock type, where found, collector’s name, and date. As
- your collection grows, you may want to set up a system of
- cataloging. List specimens and assign a number to each one. Place
- a small amount of white enamel on a corner of each specimen; when
- the enamel dries, number the sample with India ink; coat number
- with lacquer. Corresponding numbers should be entered on your list
- of specimens.
-
-
-
-
- EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION PROGRAM
-
-
-This book was prepared by the Educational Extension Section of the
-Illinois State Geological Survey, principally Betty Jean Hanagan, I.
-Edgar Odom, and Shirley J. Trueblood, under the direction of George M.
-Wilson. They were assisted by other members of the Survey staff,
-especially J. E. Lamar and J. C. Bradbury of the Industrial Minerals
-Section.
-
-Educational Extension also serves the public by assembling and
-distributing rock and mineral collections for Illinois educational
-groups, giving lectures, preparing exhibits, answering queries about
-identification of rocks and minerals, reporting Survey news, and
-conducting earth science field trips.
-
-During each year six field trips are conducted in widely separated parts
-of the state for teachers, students, and laymen. The general program is
-especially designed to assist in teaching the earth sciences and to help
-make Illinois citizens aware of the state’s great mineral wealth.
-
- Illinois State Geological Survey
- Urbana, Illinois
-
- [Illustration: ILLINOIS _Land of Lincoln_]
-
-
-
-
- Transcriber’s Notes
-
-
-—Silently corrected a few typos.
-
-—Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook
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-
-—In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by
- _underscores_.
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-<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GUIDE TO ROCKS AND MINERALS OF ILLINOIS ***</div>
-<div id="cover" class="img">
-<img id="coverpage" src="images/cover.jpg" alt="Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Illinois" width="1000" height="1515" />
-</div>
-<div class="box">
-<p class="center"><i>Educational Series 5</i></p>
-<h1><i>Guide to</i>
-<br /><span class="ss">ROCKS AND MINERALS
-<br />OF ILLINOIS</span></h1>
-<p class="center"><i>Illinois State Geological Survey</i></p>
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_i">i</div>
-<div class="img">
-<img src="images/p01.jpg" id="ncfig1" alt="uncaptioned" width="314" height="324" />
-</div>
-<p class="center">STATE of ILLINOIS
-<br />William G. Stratton, Governor</p>
-<p class="center">DEPARTMENT of
-<br />REGISTRATION and EDUCATION
-<br />Vera M. Binks, Director</p>
-<p class="tbcenter">First printing 1959
-<br />Second printing 1960</p>
-<p class="tbcenter">ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
-<br />John C. Frye, Chief
-<br />URBANA, ILLINOIS</p>
-<p class="tb"><span class="smaller">Printed by Authority of the State of Illinois</span></p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_1">1</div>
-<h1 title=""><span class="smaller"><i>Guide to</i> <span class="ss">ROCKS AND MINERALS OF ILLINOIS</span></span></h1>
-<p>Illinois has so long been known as the Prairie State that
-at first glance it seems a most unlikely place in which to
-collect rock and mineral specimens.</p>
-<p>But Illinois has a surprising wealth of rock and mineral resources,
-not only to be collected as interesting specimens but
-to be put to practical and profitable use.</p>
-<p>The rich prairies that gave the state its nickname are themselves
-derived from ancient rocks, worn and changed by millions
-of years of action by weather, water, wind, plants, and animals.
-Unmeasured depths of rock underlie the prairies, hills, and valleys,
-and in some parts of the state are exposed in outcrops,
-canyons, and river valleys. Boulders and gravel brought in by
-the glaciers thousands of years ago are strewn over many parts
-of the state.</p>
-<p>These resources are of great value. Besides the rich agriculture
-based on the rock-derived soil, much of our industry,
-manufacturing, and transportation is dependent on rock and mineral
-materials. Every county in Illinois possesses some rocks
-and minerals that either are being used or have potential future
-value.</p>
-<p>The Illinois State Geological Survey several years ago began
-to prepare sets of typical rocks and minerals of Illinois for
-use by the schools and other educational groups in Illinois.
-This booklet is designed to furnish a brief geological background
-and explanation of these common Illinois rocks and minerals.
-It also should be useful to the student or amateur interested in
-making his own collection.</p>
-<p>Even though Illinois has no mountain ranges or deep canyons,
-the geology of the state has many complexities. In fact,
-the very flatness of our topography is a complicating factor because
-in order to study the geology at many places in the state
-it is necessary to use information from mines and descriptions
-(logs) and samples (cores) of the rock penetrated during drilling
-of deep wells. There are also geophysical methods of learning
-something about the rocks beneath the surface.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_2">2</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig1">
-<img src="images/p02.jpg" alt="" width="554" height="999" />
-<p class="pcap">Fig. 1.&mdash;Geologic map of Illinois.</p>
-</div>
-<dl class="undent pcap"><dt>CAMBRIAN</dt>
-<dt>ORDOVICIAN</dt>
-<dt>ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN</dt>
-<dt>ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN UNDER DRIFT</dt>
-<dt>DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN</dt>
-<dt>PENNSYLVANIAN UNDER DRIFT</dt>
-<dt>CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY</dt>
-<dt>KEY</dt>
-<dd>Wisconsin glacial drift</dd>
-<dd>Illinoian glacial drift</dd>
-<dd>Pennsylvanian boundary</dd></dl>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_3">3</div>
-<p>The complexity of Illinois geology is not produced by the upturning
-and sharp folding of rock layers such as can be seen in
-the Rocky Mountains, but rather by the changes in composition,
-thickness, and character of the rock layers that are only gently
-warped or relatively flat. At several places in the state, especially
-in the southern part, faults, or breaks, in the rock layers
-do occur, but over much of our area this is not common.</p>
-<p>The presence of usable minerals at considerable depth is
-known at many places; coal is mined from depths greater than
-800 feet, and oil is produced from saturated rock layers, called
-pay zones, several thousand feet below the surface. Lead and
-zinc ores, fluorspar, silica sand, limestone, sand, gravel, clay,
-and shale are all produced at shallower depths. However, the
-student can see only those rocks and minerals that are to be
-found at or near the surface. For that reason the following paragraphs
-describing their geologic occurrence deal only with surface
-geology.</p>
-<p>The youngest of the major geologic divisions of our rocks is
-called the Pleistocene, which is the scientific name for the &ldquo;Ice
-Age&rdquo; deposits. During this relatively recent period of geologic
-time, which began about a million years ago, glaciers flowed
-southward from Canada and spread a layer of &ldquo;glacial drift&rdquo; over
-all of the state except the northwest corner, the southwest edge
-of the state along the Mississippi River, and extreme southern
-Illinois (<a href="#fig1">fig. 1</a>).</p>
-<p>Most of the glacial deposits that we see were formed by the
-last two of the four major periods of glacial advance, the Illinoian
-and the Wisconsin. The Illinoian was the most extensive,
-reaching as far south as Carbondale and Harrisburg. The Wisconsin,
-so called because its deposits are so widely spread in
-that state, reached only to Mattoon and Peoria.</p>
-<p>The glacial drift is the youngest and uppermost of the divisions
-of the rock column (<a href="#fig2">fig. 2</a>). Within the drift can be found
-the widest diversity of rock and mineral types&mdash;quartzite, schist,
-and other metamorphic rocks; granite, gabbro, and other igneous
-rocks; and of course the sedimentary rocks, limestone, dolomite,
-sandstone, shale, and even pieces of coal, which occur in bedded
-layers of the older rocks in Illinois.</p>
-<p>Sand and gravel were carried and deposited by flowing
-streams before, during, and after glaciation, but the major deposits
-were made while the glaciers were melting. They contain
-a wide variety of rock and mineral types.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_4">4</div>
-<div class="img" id="fig2">
-<img src="images/p03.jpg" alt="" width="624" height="999" />
-<p class="pcap">Figure 2&mdash;Diagram of layers of rocks in Illinois.</p>
-</div>
-<table class="center">
-<tr class="th"><th class="l" colspan="2">Era </th><th> </th><th>General Types of Rocks</th></tr>
-<tr class="th"><th> </th><th class="l" colspan="4">Period or System and Thickness</th></tr>
-<tr class="th"><th> </th><th> </th><th class="l" colspan="2">Epoch</th></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="4" class="l">CENOZOIC &ldquo;Recent Life&rdquo;</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="4" class="l">Age of Mammals</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td colspan="2" class="l">Quaternary<br />0-500&prime;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td class="l"> </td><td colspan="2" class="l">Pleistocene or Glacial Age</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td class="l"> </td><td class="l"> </td><td class="l">Recent&mdash;alluvium in river valleys</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td class="l"> </td><td class="l"> </td><td class="l">Glacial till, glacial outwash, gravel, sand, silt lake deposits of clay and silt, loess and sand dunes; covers nearly all of state except northwest corner and southern tip</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td colspan="2" class="l">Tertiary<br />0-500&prime;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td class="l"> </td><td class="l">Pliocene </td><td class="l">Chert gravel; present in northern, southern, and western Illinois</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td class="l"> </td><td class="l">Eocene </td><td class="l">Mostly micaceous sand with some silt and clay; present only in southern Illinois</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td class="l"> </td><td class="l">Paleocene </td><td class="l">Mostly clay, little sand; present only in southern Illinois</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="4" class="l">MESOZOIC &ldquo;Middle Life&rdquo;</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="4" class="l">Age of Reptiles</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td colspan="2" class="l">Cretaceous<br />0-300&prime; </td><td class="l">Mostly sand, some thin beds of clay and, locally, gravel; present only in southern Illinois</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="4" class="l">PALEOZOIC &ldquo;Ancient Life&rdquo;</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="4" class="l">Age of Amphibians and Early Plants</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td colspan="2" class="l">Pennsylvanian<br />0-3,000&prime;<br />(&ldquo;Coal Measures&rdquo;) </td><td class="l">Largely shale and sandstone with beds of coal, limestone, and clay</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td colspan="2" class="l">Mississippian<br />0-3,500&prime; </td><td class="l">Black and gray shale at base; middle zone of thick limestone that grades to siltstone, chert, and shale; upper zone of interbedded sandstone, shale and limestone</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td colspan="3" class="l">Age of Fishes</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td colspan="2" class="l">Devonian<br />0-1,500&prime; </td><td class="l">Thick limestone, minor sandstones and shales; largely chert and cherty limestone in southern Illinois</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td colspan="3" class="l">Age of Invertebrates</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td colspan="2" class="l">Silurian<br />0-1,000&prime; </td><td class="l">Principally dolomite and limestone</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td colspan="2" class="l">Ordovician<br />500-2,000&prime; </td><td class="l">Largely dolomite and limestone but contains sandstone, shale, and siltstone formations</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td colspan="2" class="l">Cambrian<br />1,500-3,000&prime; </td><td class="l">Chiefly sandstones with some dolomite and shale; exposed only in small areas in north-central Illinois</td></tr>
-<tr><td colspan="4" class="l">ARCHEOZOIC and PROTEROZOIC</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l"> </td><td class="l"> </td><td class="l"> </td><td class="l">Igneous and metamorphic rocks; known in Illinois only from deep wells</td></tr>
-</table>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_5">5</div>
-<p>As shown by the diagrammatic rock column (<a href="#fig2">fig. 2</a>), rocks
-placed in the divisions called early Cenozoic and Mesozoic are
-next in age to the Pleistocene. The map (<a href="#fig1">fig. 1</a>) shows that the
-Cenozoic and Mesozoic rocks occur only in the extreme southern
-tip of Illinois because only that part of Illinois was covered by a
-northward extension of the forerunner of the Gulf of Mexico in
-which the deposits of sand, gravel, and clay were laid down.</p>
-<p>The next older division of Illinois rocks is called Pennsylvanian&mdash;or
-&ldquo;Coal Measures&rdquo;&mdash;because during the last century
-they were first extensively described by geologists working in
-Pennsylvania.</p>
-<p>The Pennsylvanian is one of our most important groups of
-rock strata because it contains all of our minable coal beds, as
-well as important deposits of limestone, shale, clay, sandstone,
-and some oil and gas. The Pennsylvanian rocks are very widespread
-in Illinois, occurring under the glacial drift from depths
-of a few feet to several hundred feet throughout about two-thirds
-of the glaciated area (<a href="#fig1">fig. 1</a>).</p>
-<p>Next below the Pennsylvanian are the Mississippian rocks.
-We in Illinois are particularly interested in this division of rocks
-because they take their name from the excellent exposures along
-the Mississippi River valley in western Illinois, southeastern
-Iowa, and eastern Missouri. They are composed of extensive
-beds of limestone and cherty limestone, sandstone, and shale.</p>
-<p>Mississippian rocks are of great economic importance in the
-structural area known as the Illinois Basin, where they are the
-most important oil producing rocks. They also contain our fluorspar
-deposits and along the valley bluffs are an excellent source
-of limestone for quarrying.</p>
-<p>Rocks older than the Mississippian&mdash;except for small areas
-along the Mississippi and Illinois River valleys&mdash;are found at
-the surface only in the northern quarter of the state and locally
-in Hardin County near the southern tip of the state. They are
-nonetheless economically important because from these older
-rocks are produced lead and zinc, some oil and gas, silica sand,
-limestone, dolomite, and shale.</p>
-<p>On the generalized rock column (<a href="#fig2">fig. 2</a>) these older rocks are
-grouped into two units. The uppermost contains the Devonian and
-Silurian and the lower contains the Ordovician and Cambrian. In
-general they include dolomite, limestone, and shale, with sandstone
-at several places, especially in the lower unit.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_6">6</div>
-<h2 id="c1"><span class="small">DESCRIPTION OF ROCKS AND MINERALS</span></h2>
-<p>The terms <b>mineral</b> and <b>rock</b> are often confused. They are
-frequently used together and the materials they describe are
-closely related. In general, a mineral is a naturally occurring
-chemical element or compound formed by inorganic processes,
-whereas a rock is a mixture of particles or grains of several minerals.</p>
-<p>However, when we refer to mineral resources or industrial
-minerals, we generally include materials that are technically
-rocks&mdash;such as limestone, dolomite, shale&mdash;and also coal and
-oil that are in fact organic substances. On the other hand, we
-include in the rock category high purity sandstone that is composed
-almost entirely of one mineral (quartz) and high purity
-limestone that is composed largely of the mineral calcite.</p>
-<h2 id="c2"><span class="small">MINERALS</span></h2>
-<p>A few minerals are composed of only one element, such as
-diamond (carbon) and native copper, but most minerals are chemical
-compounds that contain several elements.</p>
-<p>Most minerals grow into distinctive shapes if they are free
-to grow. A familiar example is the formation of salt crystals that
-grow on a saucer of evaporating salt water. The distinctive
-shapes of crystals are called their <b>habits</b>, and the flat surfaces
-that develop are called <b>crystal faces</b>, the angles of which may
-be used to identify the mineral.</p>
-<p>The individual atoms of a crystal always arrange themselves
-in the same way, so that each mineral breaks characteristically.
-Some minerals break more easily in particular directions and present
-a flat, smooth surface. This characteristic is called <b>cleavage</b>
-and the cleavage surfaces, although sometimes confused
-with crystal faces, may be useful for identifying a particular
-mineral. The manner in which a mineral breaks when the broken
-surface does not include cleavage surfaces is called its <b>fracture</b>,
-and this too may give a clue to the identification of the mineral.</p>
-<p>There are other physical features useful in identifying minerals.
-Some of them, such as <b>color</b>, are quite obvious. The
-color of the powder left when a mineral is scraped on a rough,
-white surface, such as unglazed porcelain or tile, is called
-<b>streak</b>. <b>Luster</b> refers to the brightness of light reflected from the
-<span class="pb" id="Page_7">7</span>
-mineral&rsquo;s surface. <b>Transparency</b> and <b>translucency</b> refer to the
-mineral&rsquo;s ability to transmit light, and <b>tenacity</b> is a measure of
-its toughness.</p>
-<p>Two special physical characteristics of minerals are important
-to their identification&mdash;specific gravity and hardness.
-<b>Specific gravity</b> simply means the ratio of the weight of the mineral
-to an equivalent volume of water. For example, if a mineral
-has a specific gravity of 4, then a cubic inch of the mineral
-weighs as much as 4 cubic inches of water.</p>
-<p><b>Hardness</b> is measured by the ability of one mineral to scratch
-another, and a set of ten standard minerals has been selected
-for determining this characteristic. The listing below, from soft
-to hard, is known as Mohs scale.</p>
-<div class="verse">
-<p class="t0">1&mdash;Talc</p>
-<p class="t0">2&mdash;Gypsum</p>
-<p class="t0">3&mdash;Calcite</p>
-<p class="t0">4&mdash;Fluorite</p>
-<p class="t0">5&mdash;Apatite</p>
-<p class="t0">6&mdash;Orthoclase</p>
-<p class="t0">7&mdash;Quartz</p>
-<p class="t0">8&mdash;Topaz</p>
-<p class="t0">9&mdash;Corundum</p>
-<p class="t0">10&mdash;Diamond</p>
-</div>
-<p>A rough measure of hardness can be made by using handy
-objects. Your fingernail has a hardness ranging from 2 to 3, a
-penny is a little harder than 3, window glass ranges from less
-than 5 to approximately 6 in hardness, and a knife blade is
-generally in the range of 5 to 6.</p>
-<h2 id="c3"><span class="small">ROCKS</span></h2>
-<p>Rocks, being mixtures of minerals, are more complex than
-minerals and are therefore classified in a more complicated way.
-The broadest grouping of rocks is based on the origin of the rock
-rather than on the minerals that compose it. In this scheme all
-rocks are divided into three general groups, <b>igneous</b>, <b>sedimentary</b>,
-and <b>metamorphic</b>.</p>
-<p>The igneous rocks are mentioned first because they are produced
-directly from hot liquids that come from deep within the
-earth. These hot liquids are essentially molten rock and are
-called <b>magmas</b>. When they cool, the elements of the individual
-minerals come together and crystallize, as water crystallizes
-into ice on a winter day.</p>
-<p>Different minerals crystallize, or &ldquo;freeze&rdquo;, at different temperatures
-so that if the magma cools slowly some individual
-grains have opportunity to grow larger than others. If the magma
-<span class="pb" id="Page_8">8</span>
-cools quickly, as does lava or basalt, the separate mineral grains
-will be small. Igneous rocks are classified on the basis of the
-size and arrangement of the individual crystals and the kinds of
-minerals present.</p>
-<p>The glacial drift in Illinois contains many pieces of igneous
-and metamorphic rocks, but most of the rocks native to Illinois
-are sedimentary.</p>
-<p>Some sedimentary rocks are made up of weathered fragments
-of other rocks that have been moved by rivers, waves, winds, or
-glaciers. These sediments have been deposited and later compacted
-or cemented by the mineral matter carried in water moving
-through them. Such sedimentary rocks are called <b>clastic</b> (meaning
-broken pieces) rocks, as opposed to those formed by chemical
-precipitation from water and those that consist of fossil
-remains.</p>
-<p>Clastic sedimentary rocks are classified first on the basis
-of the size of the grains of gravel, sand, silt, and clay of which
-they are composed; on the type of deposition, such as glacial
-drift and wind-blown silt or loess, that produced them; and then
-on the basis of their mineral composition. Rocks such as gypsum
-and some of our limestones were formed by chemical precipitation
-from sea water.</p>
-<p>Metamorphic rock literally means rock that has changed
-form. The change of form has been caused by heat and pressures
-that occur below the surface of the earth or by heat from upward
-moving hot magmas or melted rocks. Examples of metamorphic
-rocks are found in Illinois as boulders and pebbles in the glacial
-drift.</p>
-<p>Descriptions of the rocks and minerals represented by specimens
-in the Geological Survey&rsquo;s rock and mineral sets follow.
-The numbers preceding the descriptions correspond to the numbers
-on the specimens in the sets.</p>
-<p>Although the set includes the rocks and minerals that are
-most commonly found in Illinois, many others can be collected.
-For that reason, following the descriptions is a key for identifying
-other Illinois minerals and rocks.</p>
-<p>As a further aid to the beginner and the amateur, a list of
-equipment useful in making a rock and mineral collection is given
-at the end of the book.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_9">9</div>
-<h2 id="c4"><span class="small">GRANITE <span id="m1">(1)</span></span></h2>
-<p>GRANITE is one of the most widespread intrusive (originating
-deep within the earth) igneous rocks. It consists chiefly of feldspar
-and quartz with small amounts of biotite, muscovite, or
-hornblende. Most granite is light colored, but it can be white,
-gray, yellow, pink, or deep red. The texture ranges from medium
-grained to coarse grained.</p>
-<p>Granite pebbles or boulders are the most common igneous
-rocks found in glacial deposits in Illinois. They are not native
-to the state but were brought here by the great ice sheets or glaciers
-that advanced from southern Canada to cover much of northern
-United States during Pleistocene time.</p>
-<p>Native granitic rock probably lies very deep beneath the entire
-state. It has been found in deep oil-test drillings along the
-western and northern margins of Illinois.</p>
-<h2 id="c5"><span class="small">GABBRO <span id="m2">(2)</span></span></h2>
-<p>GABBRO is another intrusive igneous rock, but it is heavier
-and darker than granite. It is composed mainly of feldspar and
-dark iron-bearing minerals that give the rock a dark color. It is
-coarse grained and contains little or no quartz.</p>
-<p>Mineral crystals of gabbro are especially tightly interlocked,
-making the rock very difficult to break. Weathered gabbro is a
-rusty color on the surface, because the iron in gabbro changes
-color just as a piece of metallic iron becomes coated with rust
-when left out of doors.</p>
-<p>Like other igneous rocks found near the surface in Illinois,
-gabbro was carried into Illinois by the glaciers and deposited as
-glacial debris.</p>
-<h2 id="c6"><span class="small">PORPHYRY <span id="m3">(3)</span></span></h2>
-<p>PORPHYRY is an igneous rock identified by its texture rather
-than its mineral content, which is variable. Distinct crystals
-(phenocrysts) of minerals are embedded in a matrix of fine-grained
-rock. The phenocrysts formed before the main mass of
-the rock hardened.</p>
-<p>Any igneous rock may have a porphyritic variety, such as
-granite porphyry and rhyolite porphyry, although porphyries are
-most likely to form in association with fine-grained igneous
-rocks.</p>
-<p>Porphyry is found in Illinois only in glacial drift.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_10">10</div>
-<h2 id="c7"><span class="small">BASALT <span id="m4">(4)</span></span></h2>
-<p>BASALT is the most widely distributed volcanic rock. Pyroxene,
-feldspar, magnetite (an iron ore), and in some instances
-olivine, biotite, and hornblende, compose this rock. The dark
-green, gray, or black color is due to the dark-colored minerals
-that make up much of the rock. The minerals in basalt are fine
-grained and are packed closely together. Phenocrysts of olivine,
-pyroxene, and hornblende may be present. Basalt is easily identified
-by its color and fine-grained texture.</p>
-<p>The glaciers brought basalt into Illinois along with other
-igneous rocks.</p>
-<h2 id="c8"><span class="small">PERIDOTITE <span id="m5">(5)</span></span></h2>
-<p>PERIDOTITE is the only igneous rock native to Illinois that
-crops out at the surface. It is found as dikes (irregular veins)
-or sills (thin sheets) that were formed when molten rock from
-deeper in the earth intruded into cracks and fissures in the bedrock
-of southeastern Illinois (Hardin, Pope, Gallatin, and Saline
-Counties). Peridotite pebbles and boulders also may be found in
-the glacial drift.</p>
-<p>Peridotite ranges from very fine grained to medium grained
-and has an even texture. It is dark gray to greenish gray, depending
-on the minerals present. In general it is composed of
-olivine, hornblende, pyroxene, and mica, with little or no feldspar
-or quartz.</p>
-<h2 id="c9"><span class="small">GNEISS AND SCHIST <span id="m6">(6)</span></span></h2>
-<p>GNEISS is a metamorphic rock composed of roughly parallel
-bands of minerals. It is medium grained to coarse grained and
-is generally light in color. The names given to gneiss emphasize
-a distinctive texture or mineral or indicate composition. For example,
-biotite gneiss emphasizes a mineral, and granite gneiss
-indicates the composition of the rock.</p>
-<p>SCHIST is much like gneiss but is fine grained and has a
-thinly layered structure that makes the rock break with a wavy
-surface. Some common types of schistose rocks are talc schist,
-chlorite schist, and hornblende schist. As the names indicate,
-they are characterized by their dominant mineral. Mica schist
-may be formed by the metamorphism of either sedimentary or igneous
-rocks.</p>
-<p>Gneiss and schist are not native to Illinois but are found in
-the glacial drift.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_11">11</div>
-<h2 id="c10"><span class="small">CONGLOMERATE <span id="m7">(7)</span></span></h2>
-<p>CONGLOMERATE is a sedimentary rock made up of pebbles
-or other rock fragments cemented in a background or matrix of
-finer material, generally
-silica, calcium carbonate,
-clay, iron oxide, or a
-mixture of these substances.
-The rounded
-rock fragments have
-been worn by being
-rolled in streams and
-along beaches.</p>
-<div class="img">
-<img src="images/p04.jpg" id="ncfig2" alt="uncaptioned" width="800" height="562" />
-</div>
-<p>If the pebbles embedded
-in the matrix are sharp and
-angular, freshly broken and not
-worn, the rock is called breccia
-and is generally found near the place where the fragments originated.
-Conglomerate or breccia may be made up of any type of
-rock or mineral, most commonly durable material such as chert,
-quartz, quartzite, granite, and gneiss.</p>
-<p>In Illinois, conglomerates commonly are found at the base of
-sandstone formations and as beds in the lower &ldquo;Coal Measures.&rdquo;
-They also are found in some gravel deposits.</p>
-<h2 id="c11"><span class="small">SANDSTONE <span id="m8">(8)</span></span></h2>
-<p>SANDSTONE is a clastic sedimentary rock consisting of
-sand-sized grains (one sixty-fourth to one-sixteenth inch in
-diameter) held together by a cementing material. As sandstones
-become finer grained they grade into siltstones; as they become
-coarser grained they grade into conglomerate. The shape of sand
-grains in sandstones ranges from rounded to angular.</p>
-<p>Quartz is the dominant mineral in sandstone, but other rock
-grains and mineral grains (especially chalcedony, feldspar, muscovite,
-hornblende, magnetite, or garnet) generally are present.</p>
-<p>Sandstones are commonly cemented by carbonates, silica,
-iron oxides, or clays. Most sandstones are a shade of gray or
-brown, but the color may vary from gray or white to yellow,
-brown, or red. The color probably depends on the type of cement,
-the amount of organic material present, and the amount and degree
-of oxidation of iron in the rock.</p>
-<p>Durability of sandstones depends largely on the character
-of the cement. Some sandstones crumble easily, but others, especially
-<span class="pb" id="Page_12">12</span>
-those cemented by iron oxides or silica, are tough and
-durable. Sandstones break around the grains, giving the broken
-surface a granular appearance.</p>
-<p>Sandstone crops out in many places throughout much of the
-state. In LaSalle and Ogle Counties, large tonnages of sand are
-mined from the St. Peter Sandstone and sold for a variety of uses,
-including abrasive sand, molding sand, and sand for making
-glass. In extreme southern Illinois attractively colored sandstones
-have been quarried for building stone.</p>
-<h2 id="c12"><span class="small">QUARTZITE <span id="m9">(9)</span></span></h2>
-<p>QUARTZITE is a metamorphic rock that originally was quartz
-sandstone. Quartzites are produced by intense heat and/or
-pressure, probably aided by hot silica-bearing solutions. The
-quartz grains may be so closely interlocked that individual grains
-are no longer recognizable. The rock fractures conchoidally
-through both the grains and cement, so the broken surface, unlike
-that of sandstone, is smooth and may even be glassy like
-quartz.</p>
-<p>Color depends upon the amount and kind of impurities present.
-A quartzite that is all quartz is white or gray, but iron or
-other elements may change the color to shades of purple, yellow,
-brown, or red. Quartzite is a very resistant, hard rock and cannot
-be scratched by a knife.</p>
-<p>Quartzite is abundant as boulders and pebbles in glacial
-drift of Illinois, having been brought into the state during the
-&ldquo;Ice Age.&rdquo;</p>
-<h2 id="c13"><span class="small">SHALE <span id="m10">(10)</span></span></h2>
-<p>SHALE is a common and important sedimentary rock composed
-of compacted clay or mud. It is so fine grained that the minerals
-forming it generally cannot be identified without the aid of X-ray.</p>
-<p>Shales are composed mainly of clay minerals but, like other
-sedimentary rocks, generally include other minerals. Shales
-containing calcium carbonate are called calcareous shales. Most
-shales contain silt or sand particles; if silt or sand is present
-in large quantity, the rock is called silty shale or sandy shale.
-If mica minerals are present in quantity in a shale it is called
-micaceous shale.</p>
-<p>The particles of most clay minerals are thin and flat and
-overlap each other.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_13">13</div>
-<p>Shales have a wide range of colors but most of those in Illinois
-are gray. A gray, black, or blue-gray color is caused by
-organic matter in the shale; shades of red, brown, yellow, or
-green are caused by iron compounds.</p>
-<p>Shale is widely distributed in Illinois, especially in &ldquo;Coal
-Measures&rdquo; rocks, and is used in manufacturing bricks, drain
-tile, building tile, and lightweight aggregate.</p>
-<h2 id="c14"><span class="small">CLAY <span id="m11">(11)</span></span></h2>
-<p>CLAY is an unconsolidated rock made up of a group of hydrous
-aluminum silicate minerals, of which chlorite, montmorillonite,
-kaolinite, and illite are the most abundant. These minerals
-are formed by the weathering or alteration of other rocks
-and minerals.</p>
-<p>Clays are very fine grained and their minerals have tiny, flat
-crystals that can be distinguished from each other only by laboratory
-methods. Although clays may appear to be similar, their
-compositions vary greatly.</p>
-<p>Some clays are white, but most are colored by iron compounds
-and organic matter. Wet clays have an earthy odor and
-generally are slick and plastic, but dry clays are relatively hard
-and are greasy to the touch.</p>
-<p>Clays are abundant in Illinois, especially in soils, in
-shales, and as clay deposits. In Illinois the underclays that
-occur beneath coal beds are particularly well suited to the manufacture
-of bricks, pottery, stoneware, and drain tile.</p>
-<h2 id="c15"><span class="small">LIMESTONE <span id="m12">(12)</span></span></h2>
-<p>LIMESTONE is a sedimentary rock composed of particles of
-calcite (calcium carbonate). The crystals may range from fine to
-coarse. Many limestones contain other minerals, such as chert,
-clay, or sand, and in some places they grade into dolomite (calcium
-magnesium carbonate).</p>
-<p>Many limestones are white or gray. Yellow or brown shades
-are caused by iron oxide impurities and dark gray to black colors
-by organic matter.</p>
-<p>Limestones form in various ways. Some are deposited when
-calcium carbonate precipitates from solution; others are formed
-when the shells or skeletons of organisms such as brachiopods,
-clams, and corals accumulate on a sea floor. If such fossils
-are very abundant, the rock is called fossiliferous limestone.
-<span class="pb" id="Page_14">14</span>
-Limestone composed of tiny, rounded concretions is called <b>oolite</b>
-or oolitic limestone.</p>
-<p>Limestone effervesces freely in dilute hydrochloric acid,
-but dolomite must be powdered before it will effervesce. In nature,
-limestones may be dissolved by percolating water containing
-weak acid (such as carbonic acid, composed of water and
-carbon dioxide). At many places in southern and southwestern
-Illinois such solution of limestones has produced caves and
-caverns.</p>
-<p>Limestone outcrops are abundant in Illinois, especially along
-the bluffs of the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois Rivers.</p>
-<p>Limestone has many uses. It is used for building stone,
-road surfacing, railroad ballast, in the manufacture of portland
-cement, and, if of high purity, for making lime and chemicals
-and as a flux in smelting metals. It also is used, as agricultural
-limestone, to add calcium to the soil.</p>
-<h2 id="c16"><span class="small">PEAT <span id="m13">(13)</span></span></h2>
-<p>PEAT is produced by the partial decomposition of plants that
-accumulate, with varying amounts of mineral matter, in old
-ponds, swamps, and lakes, and in abandoned channels in valley
-bottoms along many rivers and streams. Peat may be an early
-stage in the formation of coal.</p>
-<p>Peat ranges from light to dark brown, the color, decomposition,
-and compaction increasing with depth in the deposit. Some
-of the plant remains are clearly distinguishable and appear as
-fibrous fragments held together by the fine peat particles. The
-type of peat common in Illinois has a high water content. Before
-it is dried it is soft and spongy to the touch; upon drying, it
-loses much water and becomes harder.</p>
-<p>Peat is used as a fuel in some parts of the world, but its
-heating value is low compared to that of coal. It burns with a
-long flame and leaves a great deal of ash because of the silt and
-sand that were buried with the vegetation. Peat and peat moss
-are used chiefly as an absorbent, as stable litter, as insulating
-and packing material, and by gardeners to increase the water-holding
-capacity of soils.</p>
-<p>Peat is found in many places in Illinois but the largest deposits
-are in northeastern Illinois.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_15">15</div>
-<h2 id="c17"><span class="small">COAL <span id="m14">(14)</span></span></h2>
-<p>COAL, an organic stratified rock, is formed from accumulated
-plant material and partially decayed plants that were buried
-during the &ldquo;Coal Measures&rdquo; period in Illinois more than 200 million
-years ago.</p>
-<p>Sediments deposited over the peat-like organic material
-compacted it. Chemical changes gradually took place and resulted
-in the loss of water and gases, leaving a higher percentage
-of carbon than the original material contained.</p>
-<p>The amount of such change that has taken place determines
-the rank of the coal. The lowest ranks are called <b>lignite</b>, the
-intermediate group is called <b>bituminous</b> (soft) coal, and coals of
-the highest rank, with the highest carbon content, are called
-<b>anthracite</b> (hard coal). Mineral matter, such as shale, clay, or
-pyrite, generally is present in the coal and becomes ash when
-the coal is burned.</p>
-<p>Most coal mined in the United States is bituminous coal. It
-is black, brittle, breaks into angular blocks, has a shiny luster,
-and generally shows a banded structure.</p>
-<p>Coal mining is an important industry in Illinois, and the
-state contains the largest known reserves of bituminous coal in
-the United States. Minable coal beds underlie about two-thirds
-of the state. As many as 20 different coal beds have been mined
-in Illinois, the most important being the Herrin (No. 6) and the
-Springfield (No. 5) or Harrisburg (No. 5). The coal in most mining
-areas averages 5 to 7 feet thick and in places attains a thickness
-of 15 feet.</p>
-<p>In underground mines the coal is approached by vertical or
-inclined shafts. In open cut, or strip, mines all of the overlying
-material (overburden) is removed, leaving the coal exposed.
-Coal as much as 100 feet deep is now being strip mined in Illinois.</p>
-<p>Illinois coal is now used mainly for generating electric power,
-for industrial purposes, and for heating. In industry, coal
-is used extensively for power, heating, burning cement, firing
-clay products such as brick, tile, pottery, porcelain, and china,
-and making coke.</p>
-<p>Certain Illinois coals when mixed with coal from the eastern
-part of the United States, produce metallurgical coke for making
-steel. Gases, oils, and tars derived in processing coal for coke
-have been used for making many chemical products, including
-dyes, perfumes, explosives, medicines, insecticides, plastics,
-and road tar.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_16">16</div>
-<h2 id="c18"><span class="small">PETROLEUM <span id="m15">(15)</span></span></h2>
-<p>PETROLEUM (crude oil) is classed as a mineral resource although
-it is a liquid hydrocarbon and not technically a mineral
-or rock. It is, however, found in the pores and fractures of
-rocks. The color of crude oil ranges from yellow through green
-and brown to black.</p>
-<div class="img">
-<img src="images/p05.jpg" id="ncfig3" alt="uncaptioned" width="483" height="1001" />
-</div>
-<dl class="undent pcap"><dt>Arch (anticline)</dt>
-<dd>Gas</dd>
-<dd>Porous rock</dd>
-<dd>Nonporous rock</dd>
-<dd>Oil saturated rock</dd>
-<dd>Water</dd>
-<dt>Break (fault)</dt>
-<dd>Nonporous rock</dd>
-<dd>Oil saturated porous rock</dd>
-<dd>Water saturated porous rock</dd>
-<dt>Trap formed by change in character of rock</dt>
-<dd>Water</dd>
-<dd>Nonporous rock</dd>
-<dd>Porous rock</dd></dl>
-<p>Petroleum had its origin in the
-plants and animals buried in ancient
-sediments. The organic matter changed
-slowly into the complex mixture of hydrogen
-and carbon compounds that is
-petroleum.</p>
-<p>Because gas is lighter than oil,
-and oil in turn lighter than water, gas
-and oil move upward in a porous rock
-containing all three. Gas moves to
-the highest position with oil next below
-and water in the lowest part of the
-rock. Oil pools exist where geologic
-barriers have stopped the movement of
-gas and oil.</p>
-<p>Arches (upward folds or anticlines),
-breaks (faults), and lateral
-changes from porous to nonporous rock
-are geologic features that serve to localize
-oil pools within the reservoir
-rock.</p>
-<p>Petroleum is obtained by drilling
-wells into the reservoir rock. Gas that is free or dissolved in
-the petroleum expands as pressure is released when the well is
-drilled and drives the oil to the well. Water in the reservoir
-rock also acts as a driving force. When this natural pressure is
-no longer effective, other methods (secondary recovery) are used
-to recover the oil remaining in the reservoir.</p>
-<p>Porous sandstones and limestones are the oil-bearing rocks.
-Illinois also has deposits of oil shale from which petroleum may
-be produced in the future.</p>
-<p>Thousands of products are derived from petroleum, including
-gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, lubricating oils and waxes, medicinal
-oils, salves, heavy fuels, road oils, tar, and asphalt.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_17">17</div>
-<h2 id="c19"><span class="small">GLACIATED PEBBLES <span id="m16">(16)</span></span></h2>
-<p>GLACIATED PEBBLES are small stones whose shapes have
-been altered by the grinding action of a glacier. Such pebbles
-commonly have at least one flattened side that shows scratches
-(called striae). The striae were produced when the pebbles were
-pushed over bedrock or ground against other pieces of rock.</p>
-<p>Glaciers tore fragments from the bedrock over which they
-moved and the fragments accumulated in, on, and under the mass
-of ice. The rock fragments were transported, some of them far
-from their source, and were deposited as the glacier moved along
-or when the ice melted.</p>
-<p>Soft rocks like limestone and dolomite are easily scratched,
-but soft rocks cannot make grooves in hard igneous and metamorphic
-rocks. Therefore soft rocks have more striae.</p>
-<p>Glaciated pebbles can be found in deposits in many parts of
-the state, especially in northeastern and east-central Illinois.
-However, many deposits near the surface have been weathered
-and striae have been destroyed. An especially good place to
-look for striated pebbles is in quarries and strip mines where
-glacial drift overburden has been removed. Pebbles found in
-such deposits show good striae for they are but little weathered.</p>
-<h2 id="c20"><span class="small">SILICA SAND <span id="m17">(17)</span></span></h2>
-<p>SILICA SAND is the commercial name for sand composed almost
-entirely of grains of quartz. Sand of this kind is mined in
-Illinois from the St. Peter Sandstone in LaSalle and Ogle Counties.
-The coarser grains of the sand are characteristically rounded
-and frosted. The frosting causes the sand to look white.</p>
-<p>Illinois silica sand has many uses. It is used just as it is
-mined for molding sand in which metal castings are made, for
-lining industrial furnaces, and for many other purposes. Some
-of the sand is washed to remove the small amount of impurities
-present. The washed sand is used for such purposes as making
-glass, for grinding plate glass smooth, for sand blasting, for
-molding metal, as fracturing sand to increase the production of
-oil wells. Some silica sand is ground to a fine powder and used
-as a fine abrasive, as a filler in paint, and as an ingredient in
-pottery, glazes, and enamel.</p>
-<p>A specially prepared St. Peter sand, known throughout the
-world as Standard Ottawa Testing Sand, is used to test the strength
-of cements and as a laboratory standard in physical tests of other
-sands.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_18">18</div>
-<h2 id="c21"><span class="small">MOLDING SAND <span id="m18">(18)</span></span></h2>
-<p>MOLDING SAND is a mixture of sand and clay or other bonding
-material and is used to make molds in which metal is cast
-into various useful shapes. There are two kinds of molding
-sands, synthetic and natural bonded. The first is an artificial
-mixture of silica sand and clay; the second is a naturally occurring
-mixture of sand and a bonding material.</p>
-<p>For casting, molding sand is first moistened with water and
-shaped into a mold of the metal part to be reproduced. The mold
-is then allowed to dry and the molten metal poured into it. The
-bonding material in the sand must be strong enough to keep the
-mold in shape during these operations.</p>
-<p>Natural bonded molding sand is produced in Fayette, Bond,
-Bureau, Carroll, Kankakee, and Rock Island Counties, Illinois.</p>
-<h2 id="c22"><span class="small">TRIPOLI <span id="m19">(19)</span></span></h2>
-<p>TRIPOLI, called amorphous silica in southern Illinois, is a
-white or light brown, powdery substance that rubs off on the
-hands like chalk. It consists mostly of very small particles of
-quartz that result from the weathering of calcareous chert or
-highly siliceous limestone.</p>
-<p>It is finely ground and used as &ldquo;white rouge&rdquo; for polishing
-optical lenses, as a filler in paints, in making ceramic products,
-as a component of buffing compounds, and as a fine abrasive.</p>
-<p>Tripoli occurs in Alexander and Union Counties and is milled
-at Elco and Tamms in Alexander County.</p>
-<h2 id="c23"><span class="small">FULLER&rsquo;S EARTH <span id="m20">(20)</span></span></h2>
-<p>FULLER&rsquo;S EARTH is clay or silty clay material that contains
-very fine silica. It is soft, nonplastic, opaque, has a greasy
-feel when wet, and does not readily break up in water. Its color
-varies from blue-gray to yellow or buff.</p>
-<p>Fuller&rsquo;s earth is valuable for its unique property of absorbing
-and decolorizing substances. The material was first used
-to &ldquo;full&rdquo; or remove grease from woolen cloth, hence its name.
-It also has been used to filter and bleach mineral and vegetable
-oils by absorbing dark organic matter.</p>
-<p>In Pulaski County in extreme southern Illinois the Porter&rsquo;s
-Creek Formation contains deposits of clay that were at one time
-the source of fuller&rsquo;s earth and still afford clay whose absorbent
-properties make it useful as litter and as sweeping and cleaning
-compound.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_19">19</div>
-<h2 id="c24"><span class="small">QUARTZ <span id="m21">(21)</span></span></h2>
-<p>QUARTZ is the most common of all minerals, making up about
-12 percent of the earth&rsquo;s crust. There are two main types of
-quartz&mdash;crystalline quartz and dense, crypto-crystalline (submicroscopic)
-quartz. Many
-dense varieties occur in
-Illinois, probably the most
-common are chert or flint.</p>
-<div class="img">
-<img src="images/p06.jpg" id="ncfig4" alt="uncaptioned" width="669" height="800" />
-</div>
-<p>Crystals of quartz are
-typically six-sided, elongated,
-have sharply pointed
-pyramid-like ends, and
-are apt to grow together
-forming twins. Good crystals
-are rare in Illinois,
-and the crystal structure
-is not apparent in the commonly
-occurring grains and
-masses.</p>
-<p>Quartz is brittle and
-hard. It may be colorless
-or tinted, transparent or
-translucent, but more commonly
-it is white and nearly
-opaque. Transparent quartz looks much like ordinary glass,
-but it scratches glass easily. It has a glassy to brilliant luster
-and breaks irregularly or with a good conchoidal fracture.</p>
-<p>Some varieties of quartz that are used for semiprecious gems
-are chalcedony, agate, onyx, and jasper. Chalcedony is waxy,
-smooth, generally translucent, white to gray, blue, brown, or
-black. Agate is a form of chalcedony that has a mottled or variegated
-banded appearance and may be yellow, green, red, brown,
-blue, gray, or black. Onyx is agate with parallel bands that as
-a rule are brown and white or black and white. Jasper, an impure
-opaque quartz, generally is red.</p>
-<p>Quartz occurs as rock crystal (colorless, transparent),
-milky quartz (white, nearly opaque), and smoky quartz (smoky
-yellow to gray or brown) in geodes from the Warsaw and Keokuk
-Limestones of the Nauvoo-Hamilton-Warsaw area and as vein
-and cavity fillings associated locally with fluorite, sphalerite,
-and galena in extreme southern Illinois. It also occurs as vug
-(cavity) fillings in limestones and sandstones.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_20">20</div>
-<h2 id="c25"><span class="small">FELDSPAR <span id="m22">(22)</span></span></h2>
-<p>FELDSPAR is the name applied to a group of minerals that
-are the second most common of all the earth&rsquo;s minerals. All feldspars
-are composed of aluminum, silicon, and oxygen, combined
-with varying amounts of one or more metals, particularly potassium,
-sodium, calcium, and lithium.</p>
-<p>The minerals are hard, have a smooth glassy or pearly luster,
-and cleave along two planes nearly at right angles to each
-other. Feldspars are fairly light weight. The streak is white,
-but the color of the mineral is highly variable, although potassium
-and sodium-bearing feldspar are commonly white or pink
-and most plagioclase feldspar is gray.</p>
-<p>Feldspars are essential parts of the crystalline igneous
-rocks. Their decomposition products are present in most soils.
-In Illinois relatively small feldspar crystals can be found associated
-with quartz and other minerals in granite and gneiss boulders
-and pebbles in glacial drift.</p>
-<h2 id="c26"><span class="small">MICA <span id="m23">(23)</span></span></h2>
-<p>MICA is the name of a family of complex aluminum silicate
-minerals that can be split easily into paper-thin, flexible sheets.
-If broken across the grain at right angles to the flat, smooth surface
-they fracture raggedly. In a single mica crystal the sheets
-range from more or less transparent to translucent and are arranged
-one on top of another like a deck of cards.</p>
-<p>Micas are tough and somewhat elastic, soft enough to be
-split and scratched by a fingernail, and are light weight. They
-have a nonmetallic, glassy or pearly luster, although yellow
-mica may appear to be metallic. Color and streak depend upon
-the chemical composition of the mineral. Muscovite, or white
-mica, contains potassium and makes a colorless or white streak.
-Biotite, or black mica, contains iron and magnesium and is commonly
-dark green or black, although it may be shades of yellow
-or brown; its streak is uncolored.</p>
-<p>Mica is abundant as tiny, shimmering flakes in Illinois
-sands, sandstones, and shales (which are then said to be micaceous).
-It also is common in many varieties of igneous and
-metamorphic rocks. White or yellow flakes may show a brilliant
-luster and may be mistaken for silver, platinum, or gold, but
-those minerals are heavy and malleable whereas mica is not.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_21">21</div>
-<h2 id="c27"><span class="small">CALCITE <span id="m24">(24)</span></span></h2>
-<p>CALCITE, a common rock-forming mineral, consists of calcium
-carbonate. The mineral is white or colorless, but impurities
-may tint it shades of yellow or gray. Transparent calcite is more
-rare than the tinted varieties.</p>
-<p>Transparent calcite possesses the property of double refraction;
-an image appears double when viewed through a calcite
-cleavage block.</p>
-<p>Calcite has a glassy luster, its streak is white or colorless.
-The mineral is of medium hardness and can be scratched by a
-penny or a piece of window glass but not by the fingernail. It is
-fairly light weight and effervesces freely in cold dilute hydrochloric
-acid.</p>
-<div class="img">
-<img src="images/p07.jpg" id="ncfig5" alt="uncaptioned" width="800" height="660" />
-</div>
-<p>Calcite has a variety of crystal forms but in Illinois flattened
-block-shaped crystals and elongate crystals with tapering
-points (&ldquo;dogtooth spar&rdquo;) are the most common. When broken,
-calcite cleaves into six-sided blocks called rhombs.</p>
-<p>Crystals of calcite are found in Illinois as linings in geodes
-in certain limestones and shales, especially in the Nauvoo-Hamilton-Warsaw
-area, and as crystalline masses in limestone
-and dolomite. Small amounts of clear crystalline calcite are associated
-with various ores in northwestern and extreme southern
-Illinois.</p>
-<p>Calcite is the principal mineral in limestones and occurs as
-a component of many concretions.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_22">22</div>
-<h2 id="c28"><span class="small">FLUORITE <span id="m25">(25)</span></span></h2>
-<p>FLUORITE, or fluorspar, is made up of the elements calcium
-and fluorine. The mineral is easily identified by its perfect
-cleavage, color, and hardness.</p>
-<p>It occurs in cubic crystals that may be twinned but is more
-often found as irregular masses. It can be split into diamond-shaped,
-eight-sided forms (octahedrons). Fluorite is commonly
-gray, white, or colorless, but it may be green, blue, purple,
-pink, or yellow. The streak is colorless and the luster glassy.
-It can be scratched by a knife or a piece of window glass, is
-fairly light weight, and is transparent to translucent.</p>
-<p>Extensive deposits of fluorite, one of Illinois&rsquo; important
-commercial minerals, occur in Hardin and Pope Counties in extreme
-southern Illinois, where it is associated with galena,
-sphalerite, calcite, barite, and other less abundant minerals.</p>
-<p>Fluorite is used to make hydrofluoric acid, to form a fluid
-slag in the production of iron and steel, in the manufacture of
-aluminum, to make many chemical products, and in the ceramic
-industry, in which it is used to make colored glass, enamels, and
-glazes.</p>
-<h2 id="c29"><span class="small">GYPSUM <span id="m26">(26)</span></span></h2>
-<p>GYPSUM, hydrous calcium sulfate, is a colorless, transparent
-to translucent mineral when pure, but it often is stained yellow
-by impurities. It has a white streak, is soft enough to be
-scratched by a fingernail, and is light weight.</p>
-<div class="img">
-<img src="images/p08.jpg" id="ncfig6" alt="uncaptioned" width="328" height="800" />
-</div>
-<p>Gypsum occurs in several forms. <b>Selenite</b>
-is a coarsely crystalline, transparent variety,
-composed of flat, nearly diamond-shaped crystals
-that can be split easily into thin sheets,
-have a glassy luster, and often grow together
-to form &ldquo;fishtail twins.&rdquo; Crystals of selenite
-occur in shales of the &ldquo;Coal Measures&rdquo; of
-southern, north-central, and western Illinois,
-and can be picked up at the surface.</p>
-<p><b>Satin spar</b> has crystals like silky threads
-closely packed together, splits parallel to the
-fibers, and is found as fillings in rock cracks
-and as thin layers in shales. <b>Massive gypsum</b>
-is granular.</p>
-<p>Gypsum deposits occur deep underground
-in Illinois but thus far have not been mined.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_23">23</div>
-<h2 id="c30"><span class="small">CHERT <span id="m27">(27)</span></span></h2>
-<p>CHERT, one of the main forms of silicon dioxide, is cryptocrystalline
-(submicroscopic) quartz. Most of the chert in Illinois
-is white or gray, but impurities stain many deposits yellow,
-brown, or even pink. Chert is so hard that it can scratch glass
-and ordinary steel. It is fairly light weight, dense, opaque, and
-brittle; the luster is dull.</p>
-<p><b>Flint</b>, a variety of chert, is generally dark colored, more
-dense, may have a glassy luster and be transparent in thin
-flakes. Both chert and flint have a smooth, curved (conchoidal)
-fracture, but flint tends to break with thinner, sharper edges.
-Indians used flint and chert to make arrow points and spearheads.</p>
-<p>Chert occurs as rounded masses (nodules and concretions)
-or as irregular layers in limestones and dolomites in northern,
-western, southwestern, and southern Illinois. Because chert is
-hard and more resistant to weathering than limestone or dolomite,
-it often remains after the rest of the rock has weathered away.</p>
-<p>Chert also is abundant in many glacial deposits because it
-is hard and resists solution. Streams that flow through cherty
-bedrock or glacial deposits carry pebbles along and concentrate
-them as gravel in stream channels. Cherty stream gravels are
-especially abundant in western and southern Illinois.</p>
-<p>Brown chert gravels in the southern part of the state are
-used for road gravel. Other deposits in extreme southern Illinois,
-consisting of angular fragments of chert and a small amount
-of clay (known locally as novaculite gravel) also are used for
-road surfacing.</p>
-<p>White and gray chert occur as massive bedrock deposits
-several hundred feet thick in Union and Alexander Counties.</p>
-<h2 id="c31"><span class="small">PYRITE AND MARCASITE <span id="m28">(28)</span></span></h2>
-<p>PYRITE and MARCASITE are iron disulfide compounds. They
-look much alike but have different crystal forms. Both are brittle,
-hard, brassy yellow with metallic luster, and opaque. The
-best distinguishing feature is crystal shape. The pyrite crystals
-are cubes, but the marcasite crystals are blade- or needle-shaped.</p>
-<p>Pyrite and marcasite have been mistaken for gold because
-they are yellow and metallic and hence are sometimes referred
-to as &ldquo;fool&rsquo;s gold&rdquo;. They, however, are harder than gold, tarnish,
-and leave a dark streak, whereas gold is soft, very heavy,
-<span class="pb" id="Page_24">24</span>
-does not tarnish, and leaves a yellow streak. Gold is malleable,
-but pyrite or marcasite are reduced to powder if they are pounded
-and give off a noticeable odor of sulfur dioxide gas if they are
-heated.</p>
-<p>Pyrite and marcasite are found in many deposits in Illinois.
-They occur as grains or larger masses in some clays, shales,
-and limestones. They also occur with the lead and zinc ores of
-northwestern Illinois and, in small amounts, with the fluorite
-and associated minerals in the extreme southern part of the state.</p>
-<p>Both pyrite and marcasite are common as surface coatings,
-veins, and concretionary structures in coal and in dark shales
-associated with coal. They are referred to as &ldquo;coal brasses&rdquo; or
-&ldquo;sulfur&rdquo; when found as impurities in coal.</p>
-<p>A potential use for pyrite and marcasite is in the manufacture
-of sulfuric acid for industrial use. Coal brasses recovered
-from Illinois coal have been so used.</p>
-<h2 id="c32"><span class="small">LIMONITE <span id="m29">(29)</span></span></h2>
-<p>LIMONITE is an iron oxide containing water and has a complex
-chemical composition. The limonite found in Illinois may
-be yellow, orange, red, brown, or black, but its streak is always
-yellowish brown. The mineral may have a glassy or an
-earthy luster. It may be too hard to be scratched by a knife.
-It is of medium weight.</p>
-<p>Limonite is common and occurs as concretions and cavity
-fillings in sedimentary rocks, and as coatings on them, especially
-sandstone. It also occurs as iron rust, as scum on stagnant
-water, and it accumulates around rootlets in soils. Small
-amounts color limestone, dolomite, clay, shale, sandstone, and
-gravel. Some sands are firmly cemented by brown or black limonite
-and look much like iron ore. Clays containing a high percentage
-of limonite are called ocher.</p>
-<p>In some states limonite is mined as an iron ore, and in Illinois
-it was so used in Hardin County in the middle 1800&rsquo;s, but
-deposits are not large enough for profitable use now.</p>
-<h2 id="c33"><span class="small">SPHALERITE <span id="m30">(30)</span></span></h2>
-<p>SPHALERITE, zinc sulfide, is a major ore of zinc. It has a
-resinous luster and a white, yellow, or brown streak. Illinois
-sphalerite is generally yellow, yellowish brown, reddish brown,
-<span class="pb" id="Page_25">25</span>
-or brownish black. It is of medium weight, brittle, can be
-scratched by a piece of window glass but not by a penny. It is
-commonly opaque but may be translucent on thin edges.</p>
-<p>Sphalerite is mined with galena in northwestern Illinois and
-in extreme southern Illinois with galena and fluorite. Small crystals
-occasionally are found in limestones and as crystalline
-masses in clay-ironstone concretions.</p>
-<h2 id="c34"><span class="small">GALENA <span id="m31">(31)</span></span></h2>
-<p>GALENA, lead sulfide, is the principal ore of lead. It is
-steel gray, heavy, opaque, and has a bright metallic luster,
-though the shiny surface may be dulled by a coating of lead carbonate.
-It has a gray or black streak, is soft enough to mark paper,
-and can be scratched by a penny. The cube-shaped crystals
-readily break into cubic, right-angled fragments. Probably
-the most obvious features of the mineral are its bright metallic
-luster on fresh surfaces, high specific gravity, and cubic cleavage.</p>
-<div class="img">
-<img src="images/p09.jpg" id="ncfig7" alt="uncaptioned" width="800" height="615" />
-</div>
-<p>At many places galena is argentiferous (silver-bearing), but
-Illinois galena is relatively unimportant for its silver content.
-As a source of lead, however, it is an important commercial
-product of the state.</p>
-<p>Scattered pieces of galena are found at many places in Illinois.
-Some occur in the glacial deposits, others occur as small
-pockets and as crystals in limestones and geodes. In only
-two areas of the state are deposits of commercial value. In
-northwestern Illinois galena occurs in association with sphalerite;
-in extreme southern Illinois it occurs in association with
-fluorite and sphalerite.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_26">26</div>
-<h2 id="c35"><span class="small">CONCRETIONS <span id="m32">(32)</span></span></h2>
-<p>CONCRETIONS are concentrations of inorganic sedimentary
-material within other sediments. Minerals that commonly form
-concretions are silica (in the form of opal, chert, chalcedony,
-and quartz), calcite, siderite, pyrite, marcasite, and limonite.</p>
-<p>Concretions may form either as the sediment around them
-is forming or after the sediment around them has hardened. They
-may be formed when water containing dissolved minerals seeps
-through the sediment or rock and leaves a concentration of mineral
-matter in a cavity or around a central particle (nucleus) such
-as the remains of a plant or animal. Portions of rock may also
-become firmly cemented by such mineral matter.</p>
-<p>Concretions range in size from minute particles to objects
-several feet in diameter. Shapes range from spheres to tubes.
-Many are globular or lumpy-surfaced, some are smooth. Because
-concretions generally are harder than the surrounding rock in
-which they have formed, they do not weather away as readily and
-may remain after the surrounding material has been eroded.</p>
-<p>Concentrations of calcite are found in loess deposits. They
-may look like bizarre, knobby figurines, and the Germans called
-them loess kindchen (little children of the loess).</p>
-<p>Ironstone concretions, especially common in many Illinois
-shales, are formed by a local concentration of the mineral siderite
-(iron carbonate) in the rock. The concretions found in
-weathered outcrops commonly are partly or entirely weathered to
-limonite. Some ironstone concretions grow together into odd
-shapes. Mazon Creek ironstone concretions of northeastern
-Illinois, world famous for their fossils, are sideritic. The concretions
-are commonly covered with limonite, the result of oxidation.</p>
-<p>Limonite concretions, generally with a high content of clay,
-silt, or sand, occur in loess, shale, and sandstone.</p>
-<p>Concretions of chert and other forms of silica are common in
-limestones. In many places, because of their greater resistance
-to weathering, lenses and nodules of chert protrude from the
-beds.</p>
-<p>Pyrite or marcasite occur as concretions or concretion-like
-masses in some coal beds and in the black shales, sometimes
-popularly called &ldquo;slates,&rdquo; above coal beds. Some other Pennsylvanian
-clays and shales also contain concretions or coarsely
-crystalline aggregates of these minerals.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_27">27</div>
-<h2 id="c36"><span class="small">GEODES <span id="m33">(33)</span></span></h2>
-<p>GEODES are roughly spherical bodies that may be filled with
-layers of minerals, lined with crystals, or both. The outer layer
-of geodes found in Illinois as a rule is composed of chalcedony,
-a form of finely crystalline silica.</p>
-<p>Geodes differ from concretions in that they form inward from
-the outer shell, whereas concretions develop outward from a
-center. Even if geodes have been completely filled by mineral
-matter, their inward-projecting crystals prove that they formed
-within a cavity.</p>
-<p>In a partly filled cavity, crystals generally are well formed
-because they grew without being crowded. Some of the best mineral
-specimens known in Illinois
-are found as crystal linings in
-geodes.</p>
-<div class="img">
-<img src="images/p10.jpg" id="ncfig8" alt="uncaptioned" width="659" height="799" />
-</div>
-<p>Quartz is the most common
-mineral deposited in geodes, but
-calcite, aragonite, dolomite,
-siderite, pyrite, galena, fluorite,
-and sphalerite also are
-found.</p>
-<p>Geodes ranging in size from
-less than one inch to a foot or
-more in diameter can be gathered
-from streams where they have
-accumulated as residual boulders
-after the rock in which they
-were enclosed has been eroded.</p>
-<p>Hollow geodes are the most
-desirable because they have better crystals. They can be distinguished
-from solid ones by their comparative lightness of
-weight.</p>
-<p>Geodes are commonly associated with limestone and dolomite,
-at some places with shale. In Illinois they can be found
-most easily in the Warsaw Formation in the area of Nauvoo,
-Hamilton, and Warsaw, but they also occur in other areas and
-other formations.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_28">28</div>
-<h2 id="c37"><span class="small">ANIMAL FOSSILS <span id="m34">(34)</span></span></h2>
-<p>Prehistoric animals lived in water, on land, and in the air,
-and left both direct and indirect evidence of their existence,
-evidence we now call fossils.</p>
-<p>Millions of ancient animals died without leaving a trace,
-but some, especially those that had hard parts such as shells,
-bones, or teeth, may be found preserved in rocks much as they
-were when buried beneath sediment on the floor of an ancient
-sea. Sometimes only imprints of the outside or fillings of the
-inside of the shells remain, the original material having been
-completely dissolved. Footprints of land or amphibious animals,
-burrows made by clams, or holes made by worms also are fossils.</p>
-<div class="img">
-<img src="images/p11.jpg" id="ncfig9" alt="uncaptioned" width="516" height="800" />
-</div>
-<p>The animals whose remains are fossilized lived and died
-while the sediments that contained them were being deposited,
-and they provide clues to the types of life and climate then existing.
-Fossils of animals characteristic
-of a certain time are an index
-to the age of formations where
-they occur. For example, if a certain
-trilobite (an ancient relative of
-the crayfish and lobster) is known
-to have lived only during a definite
-time, then all rocks in which it is
-found are the same age.</p>
-<p>Fossils of animals that lived
-in the sea are exposed in rocks in
-many parts of Illinois, especially
-in quarries, river bluffs, and road
-cuts.</p>
-<p>The oldest fossils found in Illinois
-are shells of marine animals&mdash;snails,
-corals, crinoids, brachiopods,
-trilobites, pelecypods (clams),
-cephalopods, bryozoa, arthropods,
-and others. The youngest fossils are teeth and bones of prehistoric
-bison, giant beavers, deer, mammoths and mastodons
-of the &ldquo;Ice Age,&rdquo; and snails found in glacial loess.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_29">29</div>
-<h2 id="c38"><span class="small">PLANT FOSSILS <span id="m35">(35)</span></span></h2>
-<p>PLANT FOSSILS are the remains of prehistoric plants. Woody
-structures of plants aid preservation just as hard parts of animals
-do. Leaves and plants without much woody material generally
-were well preserved only if they were buried quickly in fine,
-soft sediment.</p>
-<p>The most famous Illinois plant fossils are those from the
-Mazon Creek area in Grundy and Will Counties of northeastern
-Illinois. The plant material acted as a nucleus around which iron
-minerals accumulated to form concretions. Many good fossils&mdash;of
-trunks, branches, leaves, and seeds&mdash;are found in coals and
-in shale directly overlying coals. Descendants of &ldquo;Coal Measures&rdquo;
-plants, such as ferns, mosses, and rushes, are still living
-today, but they no longer thrive as they did in the warm, moist
-climate of the Pennsylvanian forests.</p>
-<p>Some plants of Pennsylvanian age are petrified, and occasionally
-such trees or stumps are found. Petrified trees are found
-also in the upper Mesozoic deposits of southern Illinois. Fossils
-of &ldquo;Ice Age&rdquo; plants closely related to forms living at the present
-time are occasionally found in peat bogs or scattered throughout
-glacial deposits.</p>
-<div class="img">
-<img src="images/p11a.jpg" id="ncfig10" alt="uncaptioned" width="487" height="800" />
-</div>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_30">30</div>
-<h2 id="c39"><span class="small">KEYS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON ILLINOIS ROCKS AND MINERALS</span></h2>
-<p>Two keys, one for minerals and one for rocks, briefly present
-clues that may aid the collector in identifying rocks and minerals found
-in Illinois. In outline form, the keys are a guide to some of the easily
-observable properties that various rocks and minerals display.</p>
-<p>The rocks and minerals in the school set of &ldquo;Typical Rocks and
-Minerals of Illinois&rdquo; are included, plus other relatively common ones
-you might find in Illinois. Because of the great diversity of rocks and
-minerals in this state, the keys are not conclusive. It is therefore suggested
-you consult other more complete keys (such as that in Dana&rsquo;s
-<i>Manual of Mineralogy</i>) when identifying rocks and minerals that are either
-from other states or are difficult to identify.</p>
-<p>The minerals (p. <a href="#Page_30">30</a>-35) are arranged in two groups: 1) those with
-a metallic luster, and 2) those with a nonmetallic luster. Each group is
-arranged according to increasing hardness. Other characteristics such
-as color, streak, cleavage, fracture, and composition are listed.</p>
-<p>The rocks (p. <a href="#Page_36">36</a>-39) are arranged according to their reaction to
-dilute hydrochloric acid applied to a scratched surface. (The acid reacts
-more readily to powdered material produced by scratching the rock.) After
-the reaction to acid has been determined, the texture and components
-of the rock should be noted. Because rocks grade into one another, clear
-distinctions are not always possible.</p>
-<h3 id="c40">MINERAL IDENTIFICATION KEY</h3>
-<table class="center">
-<tr class="th"><th colspan="4">I. METALLIC LUSTER, STREAK COLORED</th></tr>
-<tr class="th"><th>C&mdash;color<br />S&mdash;streak </th><th>H&mdash;hardness<br />Cl&mdash;cleavage<br />F&mdash;fracture </th><th>Remarks </th><th>Name and composition</th></tr>
-<tr class="th"><th colspan="4">A. Hardness not more than 2.5</th></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;lead gray<br />S&mdash;black </td><td class="l">H&mdash;2.5<br />Cl&mdash;cubic; perfect in 3 directions<br />F&mdash;subconchoidal or even </td><td class="l">Very heavy; occurs as crystals, grains, or masses; easily identified by color and cleavage </td><td class="l">Galena (<a href="#m31">31</a>)<br />PbS</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;copper red<br />S&mdash;metallic, shiny </td><td class="l">H&mdash;2.5<br />Cl&mdash;none<br />F&mdash;jagged </td><td class="l">Very heavy; apt to have green coating; distorted or wirelike forms; malleable </td><td class="l">Native copper<br />Cu</td></tr>
-<tr class="pbtr"><td colspan="4">
-<span class="pb" id="Page_31">31</span>
-</td></tr>
-<tr class="th"><th colspan="4">B. Hardness greater than 2.5 but not greater than 6.5</th></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;yellow-brown to black<br />S&mdash;yellow-brown </td><td class="l">H&mdash;5.5 (may be as low as 1)<br />Cl&mdash;none<br />F&mdash;uneven </td><td class="l">In earthy masses; coloring material in many sandstones, conglomerates, and soils; often mixed with and difficult to distinguish from goethite and other iron minerals </td><td class="l">Limonite (<a href="#m29">29</a>)<br />FeO(OH)&middot;H&#8322;O</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;brassy yellow<br />S&mdash;greenish black </td><td class="l">H&mdash;6<br />Cl&mdash;poor<br />F&mdash;conchoidal to uneven </td><td class="l">As compact masses, grains, cubes, and in 8- and 12-sided crystals; commonly associated with coal, and with lead-zinc ores of northwestern Illinois </td><td class="l">Pyrite (<a href="#m28">28</a>)<br />FeS&#8322; </td><td></td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;pale brassy yellow to silver white<br />S&mdash;greenish gray </td><td class="l">H&mdash;6<br />Cl&mdash;poor<br />F&mdash;uneven </td><td class="l">As fibrous, radiating, tabular, and cocks-comb crystals or compact masses; usually lighter colored than pyrite, but difficult to distinguish from pyrite; associated with coal, and with lead-zinc ores of northwestern Illinois </td><td class="l">Marcasite<br />FeS&#8322; (<a href="#m28">28</a>)</td></tr>
-<tr class="th"><th colspan="4">II. NONMETALLIC LUSTER, STREAK WHITE</th></tr>
-<tr class="th"><th colspan="4">A. Hardness not greater than 2 (can be scratched by fingernail)</th></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;usually white but may be almost any color </td><td class="l">H&mdash;2<br />Cl&mdash;perfect in one direction, less perfect in two others </td><td class="l">Commonly found in Illinois as twinned or needle-shaped crystals in weathered shales containing pyrite and calcium carbonate </td><td class="l">Gypsum (<a href="#m26">26</a>)<br />CaSO&#8324;&middot;2H&#8322;O</td></tr>
-<tr class="pbtr"><td colspan="4">
-<span class="pb" id="Page_32">32</span>
-</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;white or a shade of green </td><td class="l">H&mdash;2 </td><td class="l">As needle-shaped crystals or powdery coating on pyrite or marcasite; has an astringent taste </td><td class="l">Melanterite<br />FeSO&#8324;&middot;7H&#8322;O</td></tr>
-<tr class="th"><th colspan="4">B. Hardness greater than 2 but not greater than 3 (Can be scratched by a penny)</th></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;colorless, silver white, gray, brown </td><td class="l">H&mdash;2-2.5<br />Cl&mdash;perfect in one direction </td><td class="l">In scales or &ldquo;books&rdquo;; in splits into thin sheets; common in sandstones, shales, and in igneous and metamorphic rocks </td><td class="l">Muscovite (white&nbsp;mica) (<a href="#m23">23</a>)<br />(OH)&#8322;KAl&#8322; AlSi&#8323;O&#8328;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;brown or black </td><td class="l">H&mdash;2.5-3<br />Cl&mdash;perfect in one direction </td><td class="l">As scales or &ldquo;books&rdquo;; splits into thin sheets; common in igneous and metamorphic rocks but not in sedimentary rocks such as sandstone or shale </td><td class="l">Biotite (<a href="#m23">23</a>) (black&nbsp;mica)<br />(OH)&#8322;K(Mg,Fe)&#8323; AlSi&#8323;O&#8328;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;colorless, white, gray, and various tints </td><td class="l">H&mdash;3<br />Cl&mdash;perfect in three directions, not at right angles (rhombohedral) </td><td class="l">Common mineral; effervesces vigorously in cold acid; occurs in many crystal forms and as fibrous, banded, and compact masses; chief mineral in limestones </td><td class="l">Calcite (<a href="#m24">24</a>)<br />CaCO&#8323;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;white, gray, red, or almost any color </td><td class="l">H&mdash;3<br />Cl&mdash;perfect in one direction, less perfect in two other directions </td><td class="l">Very heavy; commonly in tabular crystals united in diverging groups, as laminated or granular masses; associated with fluorite in southern Illinois </td><td class="l">Barite<br />BaSO&#8324;</td></tr>
-<tr class="pbtr"><td colspan="4">
-<span class="pb" id="Page_33">33</span>
-</td></tr>
-<tr class="th"><th colspan="4">C. Hardness greater than 3 but not greater than 5</th></tr>
-<tr class="th"><th colspan="4">(Cannot be scratched by penny; can be scratched by knife)</th></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;white, gray, light yellow </td><td class="l">H&mdash;3.5<br />Cl&mdash;in one direction F&mdash;uneven </td><td class="l">Relatively heavy; effervesces in acid; associated with fluorite and barite in southern Illinois but is not abundant </td><td class="l">Witherite<br />BaCO&#8323;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;white, pink, gray, or light brown </td><td class="l">H&mdash;3.5<br />Cl&mdash;perfect in three directions, not at right angles (rhombohedral) </td><td class="l">In grains, rhombohedral crystals and cleavable or granular masses; effervesces slowly in cold acid when powdered, more vigorously in warm acid; principal mineral in rock called dolomite </td><td class="l">Dolomite<br />CaMg(CO&#8323;)&#8322;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;colorless, white, gray, grayish black </td><td class="l">H&mdash;3.5 </td><td class="l">In fibrous or compact masses or may be in orthorhombic crystals as a coating on galena; very heavy; effervesces in acid; formed by alteration of galena </td><td class="l">Cerussite<br />PbCO&#8323;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;brown to gray S&mdash;usually white but may tend toward brown when weathered </td><td class="l">H&mdash;3.5<br />Cl&mdash;in three directions not at right angles (rhombohedral) slightly curved surfaces </td><td class="l">In fibrous or botryoidal masses or rhombohedral crystals; effervesces in hot acid </td><td class="l">Siderite<br />FeCO&#8323;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;yellow, yellow-brown to almost black<br />S&mdash;light yellow to brown </td><td class="l">H&mdash;3.5<br />Cl&mdash;parallel to dodecahedral faces; in six directions </td><td class="l">In crystals, in fibrous or layered masses; associated with galena in northwestern Illinois, with fluorite and galena in southern Illinois </td><td class="l">Sphalerite<br />ZnS (<a href="#m30">30</a>)</td></tr>
-<tr class="pbtr"><td colspan="4">
-<span class="pb" id="Page_34">34</span>
-</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;colorless, white, yellow, purple, green, blue </td><td class="l">H&mdash;4<br />Cl&mdash;perfect, parallel to octahedral faces; in four directions </td><td class="l">In cubes and cleavable masses; many colors; mined in Hardin and Pope counties </td><td class="l">Fluorite (<a href="#m25">25</a>) (Fluorspar)<br />CaF&#8322;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;white, tinted yellow, blue, or green </td><td class="l">H&mdash;5 </td><td class="l">As crystalline incrustations or in earthy or compact masses; associated with fluorite-sphalerite ores in southern Illinois, with galena and sphalerite in northwestern Illinois </td><td class="l">Smithsonite<br />ZnCO&#8323;</td></tr>
-<tr class="th"><th colspan="4">D. Hardness greater than 5 but not greater than 7</th></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;white, green, brown, black </td><td class="l">H&mdash;5-6<br />Cl&mdash;in two directions intersecting at about 60&deg; and 120&deg; </td><td class="l">In long, slender 6-sided crystals; cleavage angle important in differentiating from pyroxenes; common in metamorphic and some igneous rocks </td><td class="l">Amphibole Group (Mg,Fe,Ca)&#8327;&#8203;(Si&#8328;O&#8322;&#8322;)(OH)&#8322; (may also contain Na or Al)</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;gray, dark green, black, dark brown, bronze </td><td class="l">H&mdash;5-6<br />Cl&mdash;in two directions intersecting at about 90&deg; </td><td class="l">Crystals short, stout, and 8-sided; cleavage angle important in differentiating from amphiboles; common in igneous and some metamorphic rocks </td><td class="l">Pyroxene Group<br />(Mg,Ca,Fe)&#8322;&#8203;(Si&#8322;O&#8326;)</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;white, gray, pink, light blue, green </td><td class="l">H&mdash;6<br />Cl&mdash;in two directions nearly at right angles </td><td class="l">As crystals, cleavable masses and grains; common in igneous and metamorphic rocks, also in stream gravel and sand; many varieties </td><td class="l">Feldspar Group (<a href="#m22">22</a>)<br />K, Na, Ca, Ba (Al, Si)&#8324;O&#8328;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;white when pure; may be colored by impurities </td><td class="l">H&mdash;7<br />Cl&mdash;none F&mdash;conchoidal </td><td class="l">Finely crystalline variety of quartz; botryoidal or concretionary masses; lining in geodes </td><td class="l">Chalcedony<br />SiO&#8322;</td></tr>
-<tr class="pbtr"><td colspan="4">
-<span class="pb" id="Page_35">35</span>
-</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;colorless, white, or almost any color </td><td class="l">H&mdash;7<br />F&mdash;conchoidal </td><td class="l">Most abundant mineral; occurs in 6-sided crystals capped by pyramids, in grains or masses; principal mineral in sandstone, also abundant in igneous and metamorphic rocks; is a variety of silica </td><td class="l">Quartz (<a href="#m21">21</a>)<br />SiO&#8322;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;red </td><td class="l">H&mdash;7<br />F&mdash;conchoidal </td><td class="l">A variety of quartz usually colored red by hematite inclusions; common in glacial and river sand and gravel found along Lake Michigan shores and in the Mississippi River </td><td class="l">Jasper<br />SiO&#8322;</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;many; arranged in bands </td><td class="l">H&mdash;7<br />F&mdash;conchoidal </td><td class="l">Cloudy banded variety of silica; widely used as semi-precious stones. Onyx and silicified wood are forms of agate; found in glacial gravels and upper Mesozoic sediments in southern Illinois </td><td class="l">Agate<br />SiO&#8322;</td></tr>
-<tr class="th"><th colspan="4">E. Hardness greater than 7 (cannot be scratched by quartz)</th></tr>
-<tr><td class="l">C&mdash;red, brown, yellow, green, black, white </td><td class="l">H&mdash;7.5<br />Cl&mdash;poor<br />F&mdash;even </td><td class="l">Irregular grains or masses; sometimes as 12-, 24-, and 36-sided crystals; abundant in glacial sands and Lake Michigan beach sands; common in metamorphic rocks </td><td class="l">Garnet Group<br />(Ca,Mn,Fe,Mg)&#8323;&#8203;(Al,Cr)&#8322;(SiO&#8324;)&#8323;</td></tr>
-</table>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_36">36</div>
-<h2 id="c41"><span class="small">ROCK IDENTIFICATION KEY</span></h2>
-<dl class="undent"><dt>SAMPLE</dt>
-<dd>Scratch with a knife and apply dilute acid (HCl)</dd>
-<dd>If rock does not scratch, go directly to I, II, or III</dd></dl>
-<dl class="undent"><dt>No effervescence or very slight effervescence</dt>
-<dd>I Coarse-grained (<a href="#Page_37">p. 37</a>)</dd>
-<dd>II Fine-grained (<a href="#Page_38">p. 38</a>)</dd>
-<dd>III Organic (<a href="#Page_39">p. 39</a>)</dd>
-<dt>Slight effervescence</dt>
-<dd>gray, light gray, white, or brown: Dolomite</dd>
-<dt>Vigorous effervescence</dt>
-<dd>Composed of pebbles that effervesce</dd>
-<dd class="t">Rounded pebbles: Limestone conglomerate</dd>
-<dd class="t">Angular pebbles: Limestone breccia</dd>
-<dd>Composed of crystals of calcite, fossil shells, or oolites: Limestone</dd>
-<dd>Composed of banded layers of crystalline calcite; commonly found in caves, forming stalactites and stalagmites: Travertine</dd>
-<dd>Large amount of insoluble residue left on acid-treated surface</dd>
-<dd class="t">Individual grains seen with unaided eye: Calcareous sandstone</dd>
-<dd class="t">Individual grains not seen with unaided eye: Calcareous shale</dd>
-<dd>Composed of porous or cellular mass of calcite; commonly found near springs and waterfalls: Tufa</dd></dl>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_37">37</div>
-<h3 id="c42">I COARSE-GRAINED ROCKS</h3>
-<dl class="undent"><dt>A. Rock consists of interlocking grains or crystals, easily seen; too hard to scratch with a knife</dt>
-<dd>1. Crystals aligned in one direction</dd>
-<dd class="t">a) Crystals in parallel bands with layers of quartz and feldspar separated by mica and other minerals</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Gneiss (<a href="#m6">6</a>)</dt>
-<dd class="t">b) Crystals in thin parallel bands; tends to split into thin sheets parallel to banding; some varieties may be scratched with a knife</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Schist (<a href="#m6">6</a>)</dt>
-<dd>2. Crystals not aligned in any particular direction</dd>
-<dd class="t">a) Light gray, pink, red, or tan with only a few dark minerals; feldspar and quartz principal minerals</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Granite (<a href="#m1">1</a>)</dt>
-<dd class="t">b) Dark to medium gray; composed of feldspar and dark minerals with little quartz</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Gabbro (<a href="#m2">2</a>)</dt>
-<dd class="t">c) Dark green to black; essentially dark minerals, may have some feldspar; quartz generally lacking</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Peridotite (<a href="#m5">5</a>)</dt>
-<dd class="t">d) Light color; similar to granite in texture but lacks quartz; composed of feldspar and some dark minerals</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Syenite</dt>
-<dd class="t">e) Large, easily seen crystals set in a fine- to extremely fine-grained background; any color</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Porphyry (<a href="#m3">3</a>)</dt>
-<dd class="t">f) Essentially quartz; grains may be identifiable; specimens break through rather than around grains</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Quartzite (<a href="#m9">9</a>)</dt>
-<dt>B. Rock composed of individual rock particles or fragments, non-interlocking crystals, cemented or not cemented together; may or may not be scratched with a knife</dt>
-<dd>1. Particles or fragments not uniform in size; a mixture of pebbles, sand, and smaller materials</dd>
-<dd class="t">a) Solid rock consisting of particles or fragments generally rounded and cemented together</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Conglomerate (<a href="#m7">7</a>)</dt>
-<dt class="pb" id="Page_38">38</dt>
-<dd class="t">b) Solid rock consisting of particles or fragments, generally angular and cemented together</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Breccia</dt>
-<dd class="t">c) Fragments ranging in size from clay to large boulders; may be compacted, but not cemented; much clay generally present; may effervesce</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Glacial till</dt>
-<dd class="t">d) Loose particles of many sizes, not cemented together; some particles may effervesce</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Gravel</dt>
-<dd>2. Rock particles or fragments, about the size of grains of sugar (2 to .05 mm)</dd>
-<dd class="t">a) Loose particles consisting largely of quartz</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Sand</dt>
-<dd class="t">b) Solid rock consisting largely of quartz; can be separated easily into individual particles; granular; breaks around rather than through grains</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Sandstone (<a href="#m8">8</a>)</dt></dl>
-<h3 id="c43">II FINE-GRAINED ROCKS</h3>
-<dl class="undent"><dt>A. Cannot be scratched easily with a knife; crystals or particles not easily seen with the unaided eye; very hard, difficult to break; may contain a few crystals or particles large enough to see; granular</dt>
-<dd>1) Dense; brittle; splintery or conchoidal fracture; sharp edges and corners when broken; often associated with limestone; usually white or gray; very dense, dull varieties called flint</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Chert (<a href="#m27">27</a>)</dt>
-<dd>2) Light gray, pink, red, or tan varieties common; boulders or fragments in the glacial drift</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Felsite</dt>
-<dd>3) Dark gray, greenish, black, or maroon varieties common; may have small mineral-filled cavities; occurs as boulders or fragments in the glacial drift</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Basalt (<a href="#m4">4</a>)</dt>
-<dd>4) Essentially quartz; grains may be identifiable; specimens break through rather than around grains</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Quartzite (<a href="#m9">9</a>)</dt></dl>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_39">39</div>
-<dl class="undent"><dt>B. May or may not be scratched with a knife; fairly uniformly fine grained</dt>
-<dd>1) Soft; feels slippery or soapy when wet; may disintegrate in water; gives off an earthy odor when breathed upon</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Clay</dt>
-<dd>2) Loose; gritty; particles smaller than table salt</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Silt</dt>
-<dd>3) Solid rock; often in thin beds or sheets; separates into silt; mica flakes may be present; may contain fossils; may effervesce slightly</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Siltstone</dt>
-<dd>4) Solid rock; breaks into thin platy sheets; may feel slippery when wet; black to gray; may contain fossils; shows thin laminations; may effervesce</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Shale (<a href="#m10">10</a>)</dt>
-<dd>5) Solid rock: does not break into thin platy fragments; may effervesce slightly</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Mudstone</dt>
-<dd>6) Solid rock; usually gray or black; splits into platy sheets or slabs; harder than shale</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Slate</dt>
-<dd>7) Powdery; white or light brown; commonly associated with chert and quartz from which it forms</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Tripoli (<a href="#m19">19</a>)</dt></dl>
-<h3 id="c44">III ORGANIC ROCKS (DARK COLORED)</h3>
-<dl class="undent"><dt>A. Soft; spongy when wet; very lightweight when dry; forms in swampy places</dt>
-<dd>1) Fine mass with coarse plant fragments; dark gray to black</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Peat (<a href="#m13">13</a>)</dt>
-<dd>2) Plant fragments small and not easily recognized; fine-grained; black to dark gray; earthy</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Muck</dt>
-<dt>B. Hard but can be scratched with a knife</dt>
-<dd>1) Black; contains bands of shiny and dull material; burns well</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Coal (<a href="#m14">14</a>)</dt>
-<dd>2) Dark gray to black; does not contain shiny bands; splits into thin sheets; burns poorly or not at all</dd>
-<dt class="jr">Bituminous shale</dt></dl>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_40">40</div>
-<h2 id="c45"><span class="small">EQUIPMENT FOR COLLECTING</span></h2>
-<p class="revint">1. Hammer (bricklayer&rsquo;s) with one chisel or pick head.</p>
-<p class="revint">2. Cold chisel about 6 inches long with an edge about &frac12;-inch
-wide.</p>
-<p class="revint">3. Dilute hydrochloric (muriatic) acid (10 percent solution) in a
-dropper bottle for testing the presence of carbonate minerals.
-Mark the bottle POISON. If acid is spilled on skin or
-clothing, wipe immediately and, if possible, rinse with
-water.</p>
-<p class="revint">4. Magnifying glass or hand lens&mdash;10 power is probably most
-useful.</p>
-<p class="revint">5. Hardness testers&mdash;penny, square of window glass, pocket
-knife, or nail.</p>
-<p class="revint">6. Streak plate&mdash;piece of unglazed white porcelain (such as the
-back of a tile) for testing the color of the streak of minerals.</p>
-<p class="revint">7. Notebook and pencil for keeping records of the locality and
-bed from which specimens are collected.</p>
-<p class="revint">8. Collecting bag&mdash;a musette bag, a knapsack, or similar bag
-of strong material.</p>
-<p class="revint">9. Heavy gloves and goggles to protect hands and eyes.</p>
-<p class="revint">10. Labels and wrappings. Field identification of specimens
-may be written on adhesive tape and attached to the specimen
-or on a slip of paper enclosed in the wrapping. Newspaper,
-brown paper, or paper bags can be used for wrapping
-specimens. Label the outside of the wrapped specimen
-too. Take only the best specimens home with you. Trim
-specimens to hand size (about 2 by 3 inches).</p>
-<p class="revint">All specimens should be labeled with the following information:
-name of mineral or rock type, where found, collector&rsquo;s
-name, and date. As your collection grows, you may want to
-set up a system of cataloging. List specimens and assign a
-number to each one. Place a small amount of white enamel
-on a corner of each specimen; when the enamel dries, number
-the sample with India ink; coat number with lacquer.
-Corresponding numbers should be entered on your list of
-specimens.</p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_41">41</div>
-<h2 id="c46"><span class="small">EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION PROGRAM</span></h2>
-<p>This book was prepared by the Educational Extension
-Section of the Illinois State Geological Survey, principally
-Betty Jean Hanagan, I. Edgar Odom, and Shirley
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-mineral wealth.</p>
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-<span class="lr">Urbana, Illinois</span></p>
-<div class="pb" id="Page_42">42</div>
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