Library

Currently there are 283 bibliographical references and abstracts to publications with gemmological or mineralogical thematics in the ‘Library’. The section comprises also a glossary with 391 terms.

Publications

Sundius, N., 1946 — The classification of the hornblendes and the solid solution relations in the amphibole group — Published in 1946 in ‘Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning’; contains the original description of the mineral ferro-actinolite.

Bruun-Neergard, T. C., 1807 — De la haüyne, nouvelle substance minérale — Published in 1807 in ‘Journal des Mines’; contains the original description of the mineral haüyne.

Bruhns, W., Busz, K., 1890 — Phosphosiderit, ein neues Mineral von der Grube Kalterborn bei Eiserfeld im Siegenschen — Published in 1890 in ‘Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie’; contains the original description of the mineral phosphosiderite.

How, H., 1868 — II. Contributions to the Mineralogy of Nova Scotia. III. Borates and other Minerals in Anhydrite and Gypsum. Silicoborocalcite, a New Mineral — Published in 1868 in ‘The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science’; contains the original description of the mineral howlite.

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Glossary

bastnäsite-(Ce) — species of mineral; see bastnäsite-(Ce) in ‘Classification’

bauxite — an aluminium ore; the world’s main source of aluminium

benitoite — species of mineral; see benitoite in ‘Classification’

beryl — species of mineral; see beryl in ‘Classification’

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