posted on 2023-11-22, 10:49authored byWilliam Frederick Petterd
During a recent visit to the Zeehan silver-field my attention was drawn to a peculiarly coloured and unusual form of pyrites occurring in one of the silver-lead lodes on the property of the Silver Queen Prospecting Association. It is found in some quantity, both massive and disseminated, closely associated with various other forms of pyrites and richly argentiferous galena in a portion of this particular lode, locally known as "Clarke's Tribute." The mineral is commonly known as " tin prites," or "bell-metal ore," and is almost peculiar to the stanniferous districts of Cornwall, England, being only rarely found out of its original locality. It has been reported to occur in Bohemia, at Zinnwald, in the Erzgebirge, with blende and galena. In Australia it is reported to occur in extremely limited quantity in the tin districts of New South Wales and Northern Queensland.
History
Publication title
Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
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xx-xxi
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In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania..