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History_of_Geology on Nostr: October 31, 1791, in a letter to Swiss mineralogist Nicolas Theodore de Saussure, ...

October 31, 1791, in a letter to Swiss mineralogist Nicolas Theodore de Saussure, French adventurer Diedonnè de Dolomieu asks for a chemical analysis of some strange rocks he collected in Tyrol - a grayish limestone showing no reaction with acid...