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IRELAND (Continued) 



606. SEYMOUR, H. J. On the occurrence of cassiterite in the tertiary granite 



of the Mourne Mts., County Down. 



Sci. Proc. Roy. Dublin, Soc., Vol. 9, 1902, Dublin, p. 583, 584. 



This occurrence of cassiterite in an undoubted Tertiary granite is of great interest, 

 as tending to show the comparatively recent origin of some mineral lodes. First 

 record of the occurrence of tin in Ireland dates from 1796. 



607. SMITH, AQUILA. On Irish tin ore. 



London, Edinburgh, Dublin Philos. Mag. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, Vol. 18, 1841, London, 

 pp. 134-136. 



Tin ore is said to have been found in Wicklow County about 1796, in some gold 

 mines. Messrs. Mills, King and Weaver, published in Trans. Dublin Soc., Vol. 2, 

 1801, Dublin, p. 147, an announcement of the occurrence of tinstone crystals associated 

 with the gold in Croghan Mts. in Wicklow County. This is first announcement of 

 the existence of tin in Ireland. The author in examining some washed sand from the 

 gold works in Wicklow County, found small particles of " native tin oxide." 



608. WEAVER, THOMAS. Memoir on the geological relations of the east of 



Ireland. 



Trans. Geol. Soc. London, Vol. 5, 1821, London, p. 135. 



Mentions " tinstone " as having been found in granite, and stream tin at Croghan 

 Kinshela, County Wicklow. 



609. . On Irish tin ore. 



London, Edinburgh, Dublin Philos. Mag. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, Vol. 19, 1841, London, 

 pp. 27-31. 



Mr. Weaver reviews the paper on Irish tin ore by Aquila Smith, printed in Philos. 

 Mag., Vol. 18, 1841, London, pp. 134-136. Mentions that tin, contrary to Mr. Smith's 

 assertion, is found in three distinct localities in Ireland, two in the county of 

 Wicklow, and one in county of Dublin. 



ITALY 



610. ANONYMOUS. A tin mine in Tuscany. 



Journ. Appl. Sci., Vol. 7, 1876, London, p. 56. 



Notes the discovery of a vein of cassiterite near Campiglia, Tuscany. The vein is 

 about 4 inches wide, between limonite and a Lias limestone. Believed to be the first 

 time tin has been found unconnected with granite. 



611. . The discovery of tin ore in Italy and its relation to the bronze 



manufacture of the ancients. 



Iron, Vol. 14, 1879, London, pp. 166-167, 322-324. 



612. BECO, JEAN, and THONARD, LEON. L/industrie minerale en Italic depuis 



1860 jusqu'en 1880. 



Rev. Univ. Mines Met. Trav. Publ. Sci. Arts Appl. Indust. ser. 2, Vol. 14, 1883, 

 Paris and Lige, p. 115. 

 The oxide of tin was discovered in Tuscany in 1876. 



613. BERGEAT, ALFRED. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Erzlagerstatten von 



Campiglia Marittima (Toscana) insbesondere des Zinnsteinvorkommen 

 dortselbst. 



Neues Jahrb. Min., Vol. 1, 1901, Stuttgart, pp. 135-156, text figs. 2, pi. 7. 

 Review: Zeitschr. prakt. Geol. 1901, Berlin, pp. 422-423. 



Digest: Trans. Inst. Mg. Eng., Vol. 22, 1901-1902, London and Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne, pp. 705-706. 



