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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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†DAVIDSONITE. Geol. A synonym for beryl (1836 T. Thomson Outlines Mineralogy I. 247).
[Found in Rubislaw Quarry, Aberdeen, and called after James Davidson (1792–1841), Professor of Natural History, Marischal College.]
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