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A NEW publication by the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., "Non-metallic Deposits of the U.S.S.R." (published in Russian), is planned on a large and comprehensive scale. Judging by the volume at hand (Vol. 2, 1943) this publication will extend over a number of volumes and greatly exceed a similar work published in four volumes during 1926–29, as the subjects discussed in the present volume cover 449 pages as compared with 96 pages of the previous edition. Volume 2 contains the following articles, each written by a specialist or a group of specialists on the given subject: (1) basalt and diabase, (2) barite and witherite, (3) beryl, (4) turquoise ("Biruza" in Russian), (5) bitumens and bitumenous rocks, and (6) bauxite. Each section comprises the following items:general description of the material and its mode of occurrence and genesis, localities where it is found, especially those in the U.S.S.R., methods of extraction and technology, economic statistics and bibliography.
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TOMKEIEFF, S. Non-Metallic Deposits of The U.S.S.R.. Nature 156, 759–760 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156759b0
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