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Niobium–Zirconium–Thorium–Uranium and Rare-Earth Minerals from the Pegmatites of South Harris, Outer Hebrides

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DURING a recent examination of some of the pegmatites in the Lewisian rocks of South Harris a suite of rare minerals was found which may stimulate further research into the numerous, but somewhat neglected, pegmatite occurrences in other parts of the Lewisian of north-west Scotland.

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VON KNORRING, O., DEARNLEY, R. Niobium–Zirconium–Thorium–Uranium and Rare-Earth Minerals from the Pegmatites of South Harris, Outer Hebrides. Nature 183, 255–256 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183255b0

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