Published 1989-06-01
Copyright (c) 1989 Maney
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Abstract
AbstractOf 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 of these minerals shows that places in Europe have contributed nearly half of these names and the Americas another fourth.
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