body {
    color: linen;
    font-size: small;
    font-family: arial;
    background-color: black;
    empty-cells: borders;
}
old_body {
    color: linen;
    font-size: small;
    font-family: arial;
    background-color: black;
    background-image: url('finequartz_bkgrd.jpg');
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    empty-cells: borders;
}
a {
    cursor: hand;
    color: burlywood;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-family: arial;
    font-size: xx-small;
    font-weight: bold;
}
a:hover {
    color: yellow;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
DIV.top {
    position: absolute;
    top: 5px;
    left: 5px;
    margin: 0px;
    width: 100%;
    text-align: left;
}
DIV.menu {
    position: absolute;
    top: 100px;
    width: 140px;
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 10px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: lightslategray;
    border-width: 1px;
    font-size: x-small;
}
DIV.content {
    position: absolute;
    top: 100px;
    left: 180px;
    width: 600px;
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 5px;
    color: linen;
}
DIV.content a {
    color: burlywood;
    cursor: hand;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-family: arial;
    font-size: x-small;
    font-weight: bold;  
}
DIV.mineral_pics {
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 1px;
    border-color: white;
}
.intro {
    font-size: 10pt;
}
DIV.mineral_desc {
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 1px;
    border-color: white;
}
P.menu_head {
    border-bottom-style: solid;
    border-bottom-color: white;
    border-bottom-width: 1px;
    font-size: x-small;
    font-family: verdana;
    font-weight: bold;
}
P.date {
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-family: verdana;
    color: linen;
}
.splash {
    font-family: palatino, verdana;
    font-size: x-large;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: blue;
    text-align: center;
}
.splash_italic {
    font-family: monotype corsiva;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: xx-large;
    color: red;
}