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Notes on some recently discovered and other minerals occurring in Tasmania

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posted on 2023-11-22, 09:17 authored by William Frederick Petterd
Mr. W. F. Petterd, C.M.Z.S., read valuable notes on some recently discovered and other minerals occurring in Tasmania. Includes Aikenite (sulpbatio-bismuthite of lead and copper), Analcite (hydrated silicate of aluminium and sodium), Bismuthinite(sulphide of bismuth), Boulangerite (sulphantimorite of lead), Chalcotrichite (fibrous cuprite), Datolite (basic orthosolicate of calcium and boron), .Fayalite (iron olivini), Idocrase (a basic silicate of calcium, aluminium, and iron), Ilvarte (a basic ortho-silicate of iron and calcium), Palagonite (hydrous silicate of iron, etc.), Pyroclore"(columbato and lilanate of calcium), Prosopite (hydrous, fluoride of aluminium, and calcium), Pyrrnotite (sulphide of iron), Sillimanite (a basic ortho-silicate of aluminium), Tetrahedrite (sulphantimonite of copper) Uralite (a pseudomorphous hornblende with the external form of augite), Vanadinite (an orthovanadate of lead with chloride of lead), Zinkenite (sulphantimonite of lead), Zinnwaldite (lettia muscovile)

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Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

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62-65

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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..

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