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Art. XVIII.—Mineral Resources of Southern India.—No. 2. Magnesite Formations1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

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Although it is the object of this paper to notice all the known magnesite localities of Southern India, its scope is more particularly directed to that of the Salem province, as being the most extensive, and as yielding the mineral in the greatest abundance.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 7 , Issue 13 , January 1843 , pp. 161 - 166
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1843

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page 163 note 1 Journal As. Soc. of Bengal, No. 45, p. 510Google Scholar. Henry makes its spec. grav. 2·56, and describes it as a pure anhydrous carb. of magnesia, of snow-white colour, and hard enough to give fire with steel. (An. of Phil. XVII, 252.)Google Scholar

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