Show 6 6 0 6 b 6 TWO NEW MINERALS RECENTLY FOUND IN COUNTY the following appeared in the salt lake tribune and la Is worthy of reproduction product lon discovery of two new minerals found noar near the carno deposits in san pan juan county chief source or of radium lit in the L united piled states was announced thursday by the smithsonian institution washington D C one mineral Is called corvus ite or ravenstone because of its purplish black appearance resembling the feathers of 0 a raven and the other Is called rilan dite the rare chemical element clement vanadium Is the chief constituent of cor visite assert edward P henderson and frank L iless smithsonian geologists the mineral hitherto was unknown to science the institution reported and Is found in nearly pure form in small segregations the best specimen was reported found laa anai bed of ancient sand d sto stone fia bespole beside a petrified log tile the deposits of both and vanadium are found near the remains of ancient organic material the in ution officials said but the rela iela of corvus ite to the mineral sedimentation in the organic mater lal Is not clear since quantities have been found at considerable distance from the nucleus the institution also reported that named after J L riland meeker colo newspaper publisher has been found in the same vicinity sir air rlland riland first called the attention of et geologists to tile the mineral which Is mostly confined to tho the outer surface of the petrified wood i in appearance rilan dite resembles resemble pitch a and id chromium Is the chief chemical element in its composition the report said |