Mineral Veins - Belt, Thomas
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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Thomas Belt was an English geologist and naturalist, born in 1832 in Newcastle-on-Tyne. He became actively interested in natural history early on, joining the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club. His career in geology began in Australia, where he worked in the gold mines for eight years, gaining expertise in ore deposits. Afterward, he moved to Nova Scotia to oversee gold mines and suffered a serious injury, prompting his return to England. Belt s work on mineral veins, particularly in Australia, led to his first publication, Mineral Veins: an Enquiry into their Origin. He later conducted significant research on the geology of Dolgelly, which was published in the Geological Magazine. Belt s most notable work, The Naturalist in Nicaragua, published in 1874, documented his time spent in Nicaragua, where he studied gold mines and the natural environment. His observations on the mutualistic relationship between Acacia trees and ants were groundbreaking. Belt's scientific contributions extended to glacial geology, where he addressed the glacial period's effects on Britain and other parts of the world. Belt died in 1878 in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 45. His work has had lasting influence in geology and natural history.