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Chapter 10

MISCELLANEOUS—Con.

⌀ diameter
c̄ mean value of c
∪ mathmodifier
⊂ mathmodifier
⊡ dot in square
◬ dot in triangle
⊠ station mark
@ at

MONEY

¢ cent
¥ yen
£ pound sterling
₥ mills

MUSIC

♮ natural
♭ flat
♯ sharp

PLANETS

☿ Mercury
♀ Venus
🜨 Earth
♂ Mars
♃ Jupiter
♄ Saturn
⛢ Uranus
♆ Neptune
♇ Pluto
☊ dragon's head, ascending node
☋ dragon's tail, descending node
☌ conjunction
☍ opposition
☉ or 🌞︎ Sun
☉̲ Sun's lower limb
☉̅ Sun's upper limb
⦶ solar corona
🜨 solar halo
◍ Moon
🌑︎ new Moon
☽ first quarter
🌓︎ first quarter
🌘︎ third quarter
🌗︎ last quarter
☾ last quarter
🌗︎ last quarter
🌕︎ full Moon
🌝︎ full Moon
☉̶ eclipse of Moon
lunar halo
lunar corona
⚳ Ceres
⚵ Juno

PUNCTUATION

{ } braces
[ ] brackets
( ) parentheses
⟨ ⟩ square parentheses; angle brackets
¡ Spanish open quote
¿ Spanish open quote

SEX

♂ or ♁ male
□ male, in charts
♀ female
○ female, in charts
⚥ hermaphrodite

SHAPES

◆ solid diamond
◇ open diamond
○ circle
▲ solid triangle
△ triangle
□ square
■ solid square
▱ parallelogram
▭ rectangle
⧉ double rectangle
★ solid star
☆ open star
∟ right angle
∠ angle
√ check
✓ check
ß German ss
ß italic German ss
☛ solid index
☚ solid index
☞ index
☜ index

GEOLOGIC SYSTEMS[1]

Q Quaternary
T Tertiary
K Cretaceous
J Jurassic
🝈 Triassic
P Permian
ℙ Pennsylvanian
M Mississippian
D Devonian
S Silurian
O Ordovician
Ꞓ Cambrian
pꞒ Precambrian
C Carboniferous

VERTICAL

5 unit vertical
8 point vertical
9 unit vertical

WEATHER

⊤ thunder
☈ thunderstorm; sheet lightning
☇ sheet lightning
↓ precipitate
◍ rain
← floating ice crystals
↔ ice needles
▲ hail
🝴 sleet
glazed frost
⏘ hoarfrost
⌵ frostwork
∗ snow or sextile
⊠ snow on ground
drifting snow (low)
fog
haze
Aurora

ZODIAC

♈︎ Aries; Ram
♉︎ Taurus; Bull
♊︎ Gemini; Twins
♋︎ Cancer; Crab
♌︎ Lion
♍︎ Virgo; Virgin
♎︎ Libra: Balance
♏︎ Scorpio; Scorpion
♐︎ Sagittarius; Archer
♑︎ Capricornus; Goat
♒︎ Aquarius; Water bearer
♓︎ Pisces; Fishes


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  1. Standard letter symbols used by the Geological Survey on geologic maps. Capital letter indicates the system and one or more lowercased letters designate the formation and member where used.