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XII. A Chemical Analysis of Sodalite, a new Mineral from Greenland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

Thomas Thomson
Thomas Thomson
Affiliation:
Fellow of the Imperial Chirurgo-Medical Academy of Petersburgh.
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The mineral to which I have given the name of Sodalite, was also put into my hands by Mr Allan. In the Greenland collection which he purchased, there were several specimens of a rock, obviously primitive. In the composition of these, the substance of which I am about to treat, formed a constituent, and, at first appearance, was taken for felspar, to which it bears a very striking resemblance.

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 6 , 1812 , pp. 387 - 395
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1812

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page 388 note * It has been observed also by Professor Jameson, in the flœtz-trap rocks behind Burntisland.

page 390 note * This situation of the augite deserves attention. Hitherto it has been, with a few exceptions, found only in flœtz trap rocks.

page 390 note † The particular colour and appearance of this garnet, shews that the rock came from Greenland: For similar garnet has never been observed, except in specimens from Greenland.