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The occurrence of zinnwaldite in cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

E. K. Cundy
Affiliation:
Research Laboratories, English Clays Lovering Pochin & Co. Ltd., St. Austell, Cornwall
W. Windle
Affiliation:
Research Laboratories, English Clays Lovering Pochin & Co. Ltd., St. Austell, Cornwall
I. H. Warren
Affiliation:
Research Laboratories, English Clays Lovering Pochin & Co. Ltd., St. Austell, Cornwall
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Abstract

A lithium mica extracted magnetically from china stone is compared chemically and by X-ray methods with known lithium micas. This comparison shows a strong resemblance between the Cornish mica and zinnwaldite from the Zinnwald.

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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1960

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