THE BUILDING STONES OF QUEENSLAND.* 



By H. C. Richakds, D.Sc. 

 Lecturer in Geology, University of Queensland. 



(With 3 Plates and 10 Text-Fignres). 



{Read before the Royal Society of Queensland, 2Wi July, 



1918). 



Page. 



Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 



Previous Literature . . . . . . . . . . 100 



Acknowledgments.. .. .. .. .. .. 100 



Building Stones of Queensland . . . . . . . . ^101 



Igneous. 



Granites :■ — Enoggera ; Mt. Crosby ; Grey- 

 mare ; Magnetic Island : Mackay : 

 Townsville : Cooktown ; Stanthor])e ; 

 Wallangarra ; Imported .. .. 101 



Rhyolites and Trachytes : — -Glass House Mts. ; 



Glen Rock, Esk : Imported .. .. 112 



Basalts : — TooAvoomba ; Imported . . . . 114 



Sedimentar3^ 



Sandstones :• — Breakfast Creek ; Goodna ; 

 Moggill ; Cahert ; Lockyer Creek : 

 Helidon ; Murphy "s Creek ; Highfields ; 

 Yan Gan ; Swan Creek or Mt. Sturt ; 

 Warwick ; Beaudesert and Logan 

 Village ; Stanwell ; Pentland and Torrens 

 Creek ; Imported . . . . . . . . 1 15 



Tuff ("Porphyry") 137 



* The Council of the Royal Society of Queensland desires to acknow- 

 ledge its gratitude to the Universitj^ of Queensland, for its assistance 

 towards the printing of this paper ; also to the Government Tourist Bureau 

 and Government Savings Bank Department, for the loan of blocks for the 

 text-figures. 

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