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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 576 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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UMBER  , a

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brown
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mineral pigment consisting of hydrated
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iron and
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manganese oxides . The finely-powdered mineral is known as raw umber; when calcined the beauty of the
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colour increases and the pigment is known as burnt umber . It was probably first obtained from
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Umbria in
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Italy, but it occurs in many localities, notably in
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Cyprus (
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Turkey umber); large quantities of
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English umber are
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mined in
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Devonshire and
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Cornwall .

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