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5. On the Formation of Serpentine from Dolomite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

J. J. Dobbie  and
G. G. Henderson
J. J. Dobbie
Affiliation:
Assistant to the Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow.
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Some time since, specimens of a peculiar-looking rock, found at Fintry, in the Campsie district, were put into our hands for analysis. The specimens were of a light chocolate-brown colour, and apparently homogeneous. They were somewhat harder than ordinary limestone, had a waxy lustre, and broke with a sharp-edged splintery fracture, translucent upon the thin edges. With hydrochloric acid they effervesced slowly, at the same time gelatinising. The specimens were weathered white to a considerable depth.

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Proceedings 1881-82
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 11 , 1882 , pp. 606 - 610
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1882

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