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Cheralite, a new mineral of the monazite group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

S. H. U. Bowie  and
J. E. T. Horne
S. H. U. Bowie
Affiliation:
Geological Survey and Museum, London
J. E. T. Horne
Affiliation:
Geological Survey and Museum, London
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A Green mineral akin to monazite, derived from the State of Travancore in southern India, was investigated chemically during the first world war by the Imperial Institute, London, and was found to be exceptionally rich in thorium and uranium. No description of this unusual 'monazite' has hitherto been published.

The high content of radioactive elements in this mineral led the State Geologist, Mr. Venkitarama Mahadevan, to have a deposit opened up in 1945, in readiness for an assessment of the radioactive mineral resources of Travancore. At the invitation of the former Dewan, Sir C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., this assessment was carried out by Dr. C. F. Davidson early in 1946.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 30 , Issue 221 , June 1953 , pp. 93 - 99
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1953

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References

page 97 note 1 Wickman, F. E., A graph for the calculation of the age of minerals according to the lead method. Årsbok Sveriges Geol. Undersök., 1944, vol. 37, no. 7 (Avhandl. och Upps., Ser C, no. 458), pp. 1–6. [M.A. 9-69.]Google Scholar

page 97 note 2 Pabst, A., Huttonite, a new monoclinic thorium silicate. Amer. Min., 1951, vol. 36, pp. 60–65. [M.A. 11-310.]Google Scholar