Mineral Names from Toponyms
Abstract Of the nearly 1,500 minerals which have names commonly used among English-speaking geologists, approximately one fifth bear names derived from placenames, usually those places at which or near where the mineral was first found or is found in significant amounts. A complete list of the names...
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| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
1989-06-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1201 |