''De Natura Fossilium'' is a scientific text written by Georg Bauer also known as

Georgius Agricola Georgius Agricola (; born Georg Pawer or Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist. Born in the small town of Glauchau, in the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empir ...

, first published in 1546. The book represents the first scientific attempt to categorize minerals, rocks and sediments since the publication of

Pliny Pliny may refer to: People * Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE), ancient Roman nobleman, scientist, historian, and author of ''Naturalis Historia'' (''Pliny's Natural History'') * Pliny the Younger (died 113), ancient Roman statesman, orator, w ...

'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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