| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
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| Title | II.—Notes on the Rocks of the “Beagle” Collection |
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| Journal | Geological Magazine |
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| Year | 1907 (March) | Series:Volume | 5:4 |
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| Page(s) | 100-106 | Issue | 3 |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
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| DOI | doi:10.1017/s0016756800130018 |
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 265457 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:265457:1 |
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| GUID | 93bd19f8-1c7d-4acd-84e8-838049304ef6 |
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| Full Reference | (1907) II.—Notes on the Rocks of the “Beagle” Collection. Geological Magazine, S. 5 Vol. 4 (3) 100-106 doi:10.1017/s0016756800130018 |
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| Plain Text | (1907) II.—Notes on the Rocks of the “Beagle” Collection. Geological Magazine, S. 5 Vol. 4 (3) 100-106 doi:10.1017/s0016756800130018 |
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| In | (1907, March) Geological Magazine S. 5 Vol. 4 (3) Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
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| Abstract/Notes | The voyage of the “Beagle ” in 1831–6 was not only the starting-point of Charles Darwin's scientific career, but also, and more particularly, it laid the foundation for the whole of his geological work, as embodied in the well-known series of volumes. The collections which, he gathered during that prolonged voyage of exploration have therefore no small interest of a historical and sentimental kind. It is believed that they possess also a certain intrinsic value; inasmuch as an examination of these original specimens, with the advantages conferred by modern petrographical methods, may sometimes help towards a better understanding of the recorded observations. Owing to his choice of plain language in preference to the now antiquated terminology of his time, Darwin is seldom obscure to a modern reader; but his characterization of the ‘igneous rocks which he observed is necessarily crude and vague. Not a few passages may be considerably elucidated by merely indicating the nature of the rocks which are designated by such old-fashioned comprehensive names as ‘porphyry,’ ‘greenstone,’ and ‘basalt.’ |
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