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On the occurrence of varlamoffite (partially hydrated stannic oxide) in Cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Arthur Russell  and
E. A. Vincent
Arthur Russell
Affiliation:
Durham Colleges in the University of Durham
E. A. Vincent
Affiliation:
Durham Colleges in the University of Durham
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As long ago as 1906 I had noticed a yellowish clay-like mineral occurring somewhat abundantly at both Cligga mine, Perranzabuloe, and at Bunny mine, St. Austell. From its appearance the mineral did not look particularly interesting, neither did it suggest being one containing a metal, and for these reasons no attempt was made to determine its character. In a paper read before this Society in 1937 I mentioned this yellowish clay-like substance as occurring associated with rashleighite at the Bunny mine. Soon after the publication of this paper in 1948 I received a letter from Monsieur N. Varlamoff in the Belgian Congo saying he had seen my reference to the 'yellowish clay-like substance' (p. 356) and suggested it might possibly be identical with the mineral varlamoffite which he had recently discovered in the Belgian Congo and which had been named after him, his description of the mineral with analysis, mode of occurrence, and localities having been published in 1948.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 29 , Issue 216 , March 1952 , pp. 817 - 826
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1952

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