IX. Remarks on a Mineral from Greenland, supposed to be Crystallised Gadolinite

Among a parcel of minerals which I procured last spring, there are specimens of two very rare fossils; one of them, the Cryolite, the other I believe a variety of the Gadolinite. The former, is accurately described in the different mineralogical works, and I have little to add to the information con...

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Published in:Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Main Author: Allan, Thomas
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1812
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800028386
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Summary:Among a parcel of minerals which I procured last spring, there are specimens of two very rare fossils; one of them, the Cryolite, the other I believe a variety of the Gadolinite. The former, is accurately described in the different mineralogical works, and I have little to add to the information contained in them. But the Gadolinite appears to be very imperfectly known, and has never yet been described as a crystallised fossil.