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On collophane in Thames gravel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

S. E. Ellis  and
G. F. Claringbull
S. E. Ellis
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, British Museum
G. F. Claringbull
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, British Museum
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In mid-1949 the London Natural History Society set up a committee to investigate and record temporary geological sections in the London area. Among the earliest to be dealt with was the excavation in flood-plain gravel for the foundations of the Concert Hall for the Festival of Britain (1951). Samples of 100-200 grams were taken from two sandlentieles for heavy mineral investigation, and material from one of these, passing 60 mesh and washed by laevigation, yielded, on separation by means of a bromoform-benzene mixture of density about 2"73, an assemblage with abundant garnet, tourmaline, zircon, and kyanite, very occasional staurolite, cassiterite, and fluorite, and moderately abundant collophane.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 29 , Issue 213 , June 1951 , pp. 615 - 619
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1951

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