De Natura Fossilium
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De Natura Fossilium is a scientific text written by George 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 his other works including De Re Metallica
compose the earliest comprehensive "scientific" approach to mineralogy, mining, and geological science.
Natural History
Natural history is the scientific study of plants or animals.Natural History may also refer to:In science and medicine:* Natural History , Naturalis Historia, a 1st-century work by Pliny the Elder...
. This text along with his other works including De Re Metallica
De re metallica
De re metallica is a book cataloguing the state of the art of mining, refining, and smelting metals, published in 1556. The author was Georg Bauer, whose pen name was the Latinized Georgius Agricola...
compose the earliest comprehensive "scientific" approach to mineralogy, mining, and geological science.