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Paper, 'On a new mineral found in island Cyprus' by Paulus F [Freidrich] Reinsch

Reference number: PP/1/6

Date: 1881

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Reinsch writes: 'In the western part of the Island of Cyprus I detected, during my journey in June this year, a peculiar mineral, very remarkable not only from its chemical composition but also from the large percentage of extremely well-preserved siliceous shells of microscopic Radiolaria.'

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Mineralogy

Received 3 November 1881. Read 8 December 1881.

A version of this paper was published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a new mineral found in the Island of Cyprus'.

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PP/1/6
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1881
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Paul Freidrich Reinsch

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Paul Freidrich Reinsch, Paper, 'On a new mineral found in island Cyprus' by Paulus F [Freidrich] Reinsch, 1881, PP/1/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_1_6/paper-on-a-new-mineral-found-in-island-cyprus-by-paulus-f-freidrich-reinsch, accessed on 06 September 2026

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