XI. Experiments on Allanite, a new Mineral from Greenland
About three years ago, a Danish vessel was brought into Leith as a prize. Among other articles, she contained a small collection of minerals, which were purchased by Thomas Allan, Esq; and Colonel Imrie, both members of this Society. The country from which these minerals had been brought was not kno...
| Published in: | Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800028404 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0080456800028404 |
| Summary: | About three years ago, a Danish vessel was brought into Leith as a prize. Among other articles, she contained a small collection of minerals, which were purchased by Thomas Allan, Esq; and Colonel Imrie, both members of this Society. The country from which these minerals had been brought was not known for certain; but as the collection abounded in Cryolite, it was conjectured, with very considerable probability, that they had been collected in Greenland. |
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