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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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BIRNESSITE. Geol. A mineral, largely of manganese oxide found as a cementing material in gravel (1956 Miner. Mag. XXXI. 283).
[Named from Birness, near Ellon, Aberdeenshire, by L. H. P. Jones and A. A. Milne.]
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