Ankerite from Sandhurst, Victoria
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
