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2198. Bituminous limestone
from above the Corniferous
limestone, 3-10 ft thick,
from near Elliston.
Generally of a dull,
brunswick black, or grey
black color. Some pieces
with bands of a lighter
grey tint. It is a fine
globular rock.
2199. Impure limestone. Top
of the Corniferous lime-
stone. Total thickness
15 feet, with intercalated
beds of pure limestone
6 in each twelve.
A simple fine granular
a compact rock.
Samples from different
levels are varied. Some
are brunswick-black,
someumber-colored,
and some intermediate
in tint.
2000 Limestone, on the road
one mile south of Mrs
S. J. Embry. intercalates
with the so-called Black
Band and bituminous
limestone
A dull buff grey fine
globular rock with some
slight infiltration of lime
decated cross oxide.
June 5 noon
Embry, Sept 3,
48.53 11.29 10.33 17.656 3.70 1.696 3.47 6.1567 24.74 27.173 5.614
lime carbonate " magnesia " alumina silica Boric acid iron peroxid potada soda Bituminous shale water & loss Siliceous shale My lime " " " calcia
58.86 20.10 2.996 3.90 - .576 1.276 .054 1.396 10.87 9.980 25.592 18.794 4.785 20.98
50.96 27.972 .5.96 3.554 .276 .087 6.493 4.12 28.538 13.319
2192 2193 2194 N.V. N.V. Not act.
Not act.
N.V. N.V. 2189 2190 2191
silica, ferrum oxide