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..^U:HELPWARE.      T H E   G E O L O G 
I S T..           BY JAMES IANNI..    ON
E THING ALL HUMANS ON EARTH.SHARE IN COM
MON IS DIRT.  WE WALK ON.IT, WE GROW OUR
 FOOD IN IT, WE ALMOST.DESPAIR IF IT GET
S ON OUR CLOTHES....IT'S THAT MOST WONDR
OUS SUBSTANCE,.DIRT.  AND WHAT IS DIRT, 
BUT CRUSHED.UP ROCKS?  OKAY, MAYBE THERE
'S SOME.ORGANIC MATERIAL IN MOST DIRT, B
UT.WHAT THIS PROGRAM CONCERNS IS THE.INO
RGANIC PART, THE MINERALS.  THERE'S.EVEN
 A WHOLE SCIENCE DEVOTED TO DIRT,.CALLED
 GEOLOGY.  WITH THE GEOLOGIST.YOU CAN LE
ARN ABOUT MINERALS AND EVEN.TEST YOURSEL
F AFTERWARDS...    THE GEOLOGIST PRESENT
S YOU WITH.THREE MODULES THAT WILL HELP 
YOU.LEARN ABOUT THE PROPERTIES OF 52.MIN
ERALS.  IF YOU KNOW THE NAME OF.THE MINE
RAL, YOU CAN FIND ITS.PROPERTIES, AND IF
 YOU KNOW ITS.PROPERTIES, YOU CAN FIND I
TS NAME..THEN THERE'S THE QUIZ MODE THAT
 DARES.YOU TO "NAME THAT MINERAL!"..    
OPTION ONE, "INDEX OF MINERALS",.WILL SH
OW YOU A LIST OF THE 52.MINERALS IN THE 
DATABASE.  THEY ARE.NUMBERED FROM 11 TO 
63.  WHY START.WITH 11?  SO THAT YOU CAN
 PRESS TWO.NUMBER KEYS TO SELECT ANY OF 
THE.MINERALS....    ONCE YOU ENTER THE N
UMBER OF THE.MINERAL, YOU ARE PRESENTED 
WITH A.PAGE OF INFORMATION THAT IS DUMPE
D.EITHER TO YOUR SCREEN OR YOUR.PRINTER.
..    YOU'RE GIVEN INFORMATION ABOUT.THE
 COMMONNESS OR RARITY OF A.MINERAL, ITS 
CHEMICAL FORMULA, A.DESCRIPTION (COLOR, 
HARDNESS,.SPECIFIC GRAVITY), AND THE RES
ULTS OF.A STREAK TEST...    LET'S DEFINE
 A FEW TERMS.  A.STREAK TEST IS A TEST P
ERFORMED BY.SCRATCHING A MINERAL AGAINST
 A PIECE.OF PORCELAIN AND INSPECTING THE
.RESULTING TRAIL, IF ANY...    SPECIFIC 
GRAVITY IS A COMPARISON.OF MASS BETWEEN 
A UNIT OF A SUBSTANCE.AND A UNIT OF DIST
ILLED WATER AT FOUR.DEGRESS CENTIGRADE..
.    IF A SUBSTANCE IS THREE AND A.HALF 
TIMES AS DENSE AS DISTILLED.WATER AT FOU
R DEGREES CENTIGRADE, IT.HAS A SPECIFIC 
GRAVITY OF 3.5...    THE HARDNESS SCALE 
IS A SIMPLE.COMPARISON WITH THE HARDNESS
 OF A.DIAMOND.  DIAMOND, THE WORLD'S.HAR
DEST SUBSTANCE, IS RATED 10..GRAPHITE RA
TES 1 TO 1.5.......    OPTION TWO, "SEAR
CH FOR MINERAL.BY PROPERTIES", WILL GET 
YOU TO THE.SAME INFORMATION IN A DIFFERE
NT WAY..IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF TH
E.MINERAL BUT YOU DO KNOW ITS.PROPERTIES
, IT WILL FIND THE MINERAL.FOR YOU -- IF
 IT'S FOUND WITHIN THE.PROGRAM'S MEMORY 
BANKS...    YOU'RE REQUIRED TO SUPPLY SO
ME.GENERAL INFORMATION, THE ONLY.OPTIONA
L INFORMATION BEING THE.SPECIFIC GRAVITY
 OF THE MINERAL..DON'T ENTER ANYTHING FO
R THE SPECIFIC.GRAVITY UNLESS YOU ARE SU
RE OF THE.EXACT NUMBER.....    YOU CAN P
RESS CTRL-H AT ANY OF.THE PROMPTS IN THE
 "SEARCH" OPTION,.AND THE PROGRAM WILL E
XPLAIN WHAT.IT'S LOOKING FOR IN THAT FIE
LD..CTRL-_ TAKES YOU TO THE PREVIOUS.FIE
LD...    THE QUALITIES YOU ENTER MAY.DES
CRIBE SEVERAL MINERALS, OR THEY.MAY POIN
T TO NONE...    OPTION THREE, THE QUIZ, 
GIVES YOU.THE INFORMATION ON THE MINERAL
, AND.YOU ARE TO TYPE IN THE NAME OF THE
.MINERAL BEING DESCRIBED.  TEN MINERALS.
ARE GIVEN AT RANDOM FOR EACH QUIZ.....  
  THE QUIZ IS HARDER THAN YOU THINK,.UNL
ESS YOU HAPPEN TO BE A GEOLOGIST..WE REC
OMMEND THAT YOU BROWSE THROUGH.THE INFOR
MATIONAL SIDE OF THE PROGRAM.BEFORE ATTE
MPTING THE TEST...    WE TEND TO TAKE DI
RT FOR GRANTED.SINCE IT'S SUPPOSEDLY CHE
AP AND.PLENTIFUL.  TRY BUYING A FEW CUBI
C.YARDS FOR YOUR BACKYARD HELICOPTER.PAD
 AND SEE IF "DIRT CHEAP" ISN'T AN.OXYMOR
ON.  IT WON'T HURT TO LEARN.ABOUT THE IN
GREDIENTS OF DIRT, AND.JAMES IANNI'S GEO
LOGIST PROGRAM IS AN.EXCELLENT WAY TO ST
ART..                                  J
LJ.        **** END OF TEXT ****.
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