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Robert Frederick Symes (1939–2016)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2016

References

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Abdul-Samad, F., Thomas, J., Williams, P., Bideaux, R. and Symes, R.F. (1982) Mode of formation of some rare copper(II) and lead(II) minerals from aqueous solution, with particular reference to deposits at Tiger, Arizona. Transition Metal Chemistry, 7, 3237.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Embrey, P.G. and Symes, R.F. (1987) Minerals of Cornwall and Devon British Museum (Natural History), London and the Mineralogical Record Inc., Tuscon, USA, 154 pp.Google Scholar
Herrington, R.J., Stanley, C.J. and Symes, R.F. (1999) Gold!, Natural History Museum, London, 65 pp.Google Scholar
Symes, R.F.. (1981) The central diorite of Alderne Channel Islands, and the associated orbicular rocks. PhD Thesis, Queen Mary College, University of London (unpublished).Google Scholar
Symes, R.F. (1997) Rock and Mineral. Eyewitness Book. Dorling Kindersley, London.Google Scholar
Symes, R.F. and Embrey, P.G. (1977) Mendipite and other rare oxychloride minerals from the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. Mineralogical Record, 8, 298303.Google Scholar
Symes, R.F. and Young, B. (2008) Minerals of Northern England., National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh and the Natural History Museum, Londo 208.pp.Google Scholar
Symes, R.F., Criddle, A.J., Cressey, G., Stanley, C.J., Francis, J.G. and Jones, G.C. (1994) Parkinsonite, a new lead molybdenum oxychloride mineral from the Merehead Quarry, Mendip Hills, Somerset. Mineralogical Magazine, 58, 5968.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Welch, M.D., Criddle, A.J. and Symes, R.F. (1998) Mereheadite, Pb2O(OH)Cl: a new litharge-related oxychloride from Merehead quarry, Cranmore, Somerset. Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 387–93.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Welch, M.D., Cooper, M.A., Hawthorne, F.C. and Criddle, A.J. (2000) Symesite Pb10(SO4)O7Cl4(H2O), a new PbO-related sheet mineral: Description and crystal structure. American Mineralogist, 85, 15261533.CrossRefGoogle Scholar