Australian Museum Journal Ankerite from Sandhurst, Victoria
- Shortform:
- Cooksey, 1897, Rec. Aust. Mus. 3(3): 63–65
- Author(s):
- Cooksey, T.
- Year published:
- 1897
- Title:
- Ankerite from Sandhurst, Victoria
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 63
- End page:
- 65
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.3.1897.1131
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 17 November 1897
- Cover date:
- 17 November 1897
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 01 June 2009
- Reference number:
- 1131
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (84kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (292kb PDF)
Abstract
[No abstract given, the work begins as follows] Among the specimens of minerals in the Museum Collection are two, which were obtained from the New Chum line of reef, Sandhurst, Victoria, and which had been placed among those of the Calcite group. That these were correctly named seemed doubtful, as the powdered mineral effervesced very feebly with dilute hydrochloric acid in the cold. A qualitative test showed that both iron and magnesia were present in considerable quantity and a complete analysis furnished the following results