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878 A List of New Mineral Names. By L. J. SPENCER, M.A., F.G.S. ...

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A LIST OF NEW MINERAL NAMES. 891<br />

Rhodolite. W.E. Hidden and J. H. Pratt, Amer. J. Scil 1898,<br />

u 294; u 463; Min. Mag. 1899, XII, 133, 145. Garnet ("rose<br />

garnet") <strong>of</strong> a rose-red or rhododendron-red colour used as a gem-stone.<br />

2Mg~A12(SiO4)~+Fe3Al~(SiO~.~. l~orth Carolina.<br />

Rob~llazite. E. Cumenge, Bull. Soc. frcmq. Mbl. 1900, XXII[,<br />

17. Black concreti0nary masses occurring with carnotite in Colorado.<br />

Contains V,Nb,Ta,W, A1,Fe,Mn.<br />

Bose garnet.<br />

See rhodolite.<br />

Rosenite. c. Zincken, Pogg. Amz. 1835, XXXV, 857. The same<br />

9 as plagionlte.<br />

Rosstrevorite. (Greg and Let~som, Min. <strong>of</strong> Great Brit. 1858,<br />

p. 105.) Fibrous stellated epidote from near Rosstrevorl Co. Down.<br />

Roumanite. C. Istrati [Buh. Soc. Sci. Fizice, 1895, IV, 59;<br />

A~al. .4cad. Romd~e, 1895, XVI] Bult. Soc. Sci. B~warest, 1897, VI,<br />

55 ; 1898, VII, 272. The same as rum~nite.<br />

Sauconite. W.T. Roepper, F. A. Genth's ~l]:i'neralogy <strong>of</strong> Pem~sylra~da,<br />

1875~ p. 120. A zinciferous clay from Saucon Valley, Pennsylvania.<br />

(Analysis in Dana's 5th Edit. 1868, p. 409.)<br />

Schizolite. C. Winther, Medd. om Grhnland, 1900, XX[V, 196.<br />

A variety <strong>of</strong> pectolite, containing much manganese, occurring as pink<br />

prismatic crystals. Monoclinie. S. Greenland. Compare manganopeetolite.<br />

Senaite. E. Hussak and G. T. Prior, Min. M~g. 1898, XII, 80.<br />

Black crystals with the same symmetry as ilmenite (rhombohedral with<br />

parallel-faced hemihedrism), to which the mineral is related.<br />

(Fe,Pb)O.2(Ti,Mn)Q. Brazil.<br />

Soda-anorthite.<br />

See natronanorthite.<br />

Soda-eatapleiite. G. Flink, Medd. om Grhnland, 1900, XXIV,<br />

100. See natroncatapleiite.<br />

Soda-garnet.<br />

See lagoriolite.<br />

Soda.mierocline. See natronmikroklin.<br />

Spodiophyllite. G. Flink, ~Iedd. om Grhnland, 1900, XXIV,<br />

85. Rough, ash-grey, hexagonal prisms with the physical characters <strong>of</strong><br />

chlorite, but containing no water. (A1,Fe),,(Mg,Fe,Mn)8(Na.,,K~)~SisO.2v<br />

South Greenland.

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