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VERNON, in 18291, first described scarbroite as a soft white aluminous substance filling veins in a sandstone occurring on the Scarborough coast, but did not give properties sufficiently distinctive to identify the mineral with certainty. Since then, few reports on it have been published, although the American Petroleum Institute Research Project No. 49 on clay minerals2 lists the substance, and surmises that it consists of a mixture of clays. We have examined similar material from the same locality and environment, and conclude that it is identical with Vernon's scarbroite, but a preliminary X-ray study provides evidence that it exists as a mineral in its own right.
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Vernon, W. V., Phil. Mag., 5, 178 (1829).
American Petroleum Insititute Research Project 49. Reference Clay Minerals (Columbia University, New York, 1951).
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DUFFIN, W., GOODYEAR, J. X-Ray Study of Scarbroite. Nature 180, 977 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180977a0
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