''De Natura Fossilium'' is a scientific text written by Georg Bauer also known as Georgius Agricola, first published in 1546. The book represents the first scientific attempt to categorize minerals, rocks and sediments since the publication of Pliny's '' Natural History''. This text along with Agricola's other works including '' De Re Metallica'' compose the earliest comprehensive "scientific" approach to mineralogy, mining, and geological science.Foreword,

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Works about mining Books by Georgius Agricola 1546 books 16th-century Latin books {{geology-book-stub