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A re-examination of uigite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Jessie M. Sweet*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural Histroy)

Summary

Uigite from Uig in Skye described by M. F. Heddle in 1855 has proved on examination to be thomsonite (var. faröelite).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1959, The Mineralogical Society

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References

page 340 note 1 Heddle, M. F., Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. (Edinburgh) for Thursday, 28 Feb. 1855, printed in Edin. New Phil. Journ., 1856, vol. 4 (new ser.), p. 162.Google Scholar

page 340 note 2 Readwin, T. A., Min. Mag., 1877, vol. 1, p. 90 Google Scholar.

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page 341 note 1 ‘Witness', 12 Mar. 1856 (but not copied in Min Mag., vol. 5).

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