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On rhodonite and tephroite from Treburland manganese mine, Altarnun, Cornwall; and on rhodonite from other localities in Cornwall and Devonshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Arthur Russell
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Of the many small manganese deposits which have in the past been worked in both Cornwall and Devonshire that of Treburland is from the mineralogical point of view by far the most remarkable, its especial interest being due to the variety of minerals which it has afforded and to the fact that it and one other are the only manganese deposits in the west of England which are known to lie on the contact of igneous and sedimentary rocks and which have consequently been vitally affected by contact metamorphism.

The following observations are based on frequent visits to the spot since the year 1906, when I first stumbled across the locality, which, strange to say, has only received very cursory mention by the Geological Survey and has altogether escaped mention in mineralogical literature.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 27 , Issue 194 , September 1946 , pp. 221 - 235
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1946

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