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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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THOMSONITE. Geol. 1. A species of zeolite (H. J. Brooke in Annals Philosophy (1820) XVI. 193); 2. A siliceous carbonate of calcium and magnesium (P. Squires in Id. (1821) II. 254).
[After Thomas Thomson (1773–1852), of Crieff, chemist and geologist.]
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