Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 29497
Extract of a Report of Captain Campbell, Assistant Surveyor General, Madras, addressed to the Coal and Mineral Committee / On the schisttose formations of the Table Lands of Southern India, with the characters of Hornblendic rocks
Journal Article
Campbell, C. (1841) Extract of a Report of Captain Campbell, Assistant Surveyor General, Madras, addressed to the Coal and Mineral Committee / On the schisttose formations of the Table Lands of Southern India, with the characters of Hornblendic rocks. Calcutta Journal of Natural History, Vol. 2, pp. 280–282; 301–322.
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gems, corundum, India.12,
Campbell reports geological observations made during surveying in southern India, particularly on the schistose formations of the elevated tablelands and their associated hornblendic rocks. He describes the character, distribution, and relationships of these rocks and records mineral occurrences encountered in the region. The paper provides an early geological account of the crystalline and metamorphic terrains of southern India and their mineral resources. Mentions corundum in Southern India.