Excerpt from Microscopical Petrography, Vol. 6 Fig. 2. Inclusion of a saturated solution of chloride of sodium, containing a sharp, little salt cube (and bubble); in the quartzes of many granites and gneisses. Fig. 3. Inclusion as in Fig. 2, containing also thin, pale-green microlites of hornblende, mating upon the walls of the including quartz, and projecting into the interior of the fluid. Fig. 4. Same inclusion in the quartz of granite; black microlites accompanying the salt cube. Fig. 5. Same fluid-inclusion, containing grains and microlites of hornblende and plates of blood-red oxyd of iron, beside the salt cube; in the quartz of granite-porphyries of Franklin Buttes, Nevada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.