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II.—On the Torbanehill Mineral

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

Thomas Stewart Traill
Thomas Stewart Traill
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Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the University of Edinburgh.
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It is well known to the Society, that a mineral, found in the strata of Torbanehill, not far from Bathgate, in the county of Linlithgow, has lately been the subject of a keen lawsuit. Specimens of this mineral were early in the year put into my hands by the lessee, and sometime afterwards by the proprietor of Torbanehill, for the purpose of obtaining a mineralogical opinion on the nature of the mineral. I stated at the time to both parties, that I would carefully examine it before I could presume to offer a decided opinion. In fact, the mineral was not altogether new to me; for, in the two preceding years, I had received specimens of a mineral from Torbanehill, and from Boghead, which I was unable to refer to any described species; and I was therefore determined to give my opinion with due caution, especially as I understood that large interests were involved in the question.

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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , 1857 , pp. 7 - 13
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1857

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