186 Canadian Record of Science. 
The peculiar scapolite rock, referred to above as the 
“ Apatitbringer,’ was first mentioned by Brogger and 
Reusch in a paper entitled “Vorkommen des Apatit in 
Norwegen.”’ In this paper, the authors state that at 
Oedegarden in Bamle (Southern Norway), where the 
largest apatite deposits of that country are found,—some 
idea of the extent of these deposits may be obtained from 
the fact that in 1882, at Oedegarden alone, 15,000 tons of 
apatite were mined, between 700 and 800 men being em- 
ployed—the mineral occurs in, or in the immediate vicinity 
of, a rock described by them as ‘ Geflecter Gabbro.” This 
rock, however, differed from gabbro, as that word is gene- 
rally understood, as it was stated to be composed essen- 
tially of amphibole and labradorite, and it has been shown 
to be a peculiar form assumed by the normal gabbro of the 
country on approaching the apatite veins. Referring to 
this work, Kjerulf, in his ‘Geologie des siidlichen und 
mittleren Norwegen,” after mentioning one variety of gab- 
bro as an “ Erzbringer,” says:—‘ Der bunte oder Horn- 
blende Gabbro...... wegen seiner Rolle als ‘ Apatitbringer ’ 
gekannt zu sein verdient.” It was also described as Horn- 
blende Gabbro in a paper by H. Méhl.? Michel Lévy,’ who 
subsequently examined the work, showed that, as conjec- 
tured by Lang,’ the white mineral was really not plagio- 
clase, but a mineral of the scapolite family, which he referred 
to the species wernerite. Sjégren,’? who has more recently 
1 Zeit. d. deutsch. geol., Gesellsch, 1875, Heft IIT. 
2 Die Eruptivgesteine Norwegens, mikroskopisch untersucht 
und beschrieben. Nyt magazin for Naturwidenskaberne. Bd. XXIII. 
* Sur une roche 4 sphene, amphibole et wernerite granulitique 
de Bamle (Norwége). Bull. Soc. Min. France. No.3. 1878. 
Sur le gisement de l’amphibolite 4 wernerite granulitique 
d’Oedegaard pres Bamle (Norwége). Bull. Soc. Min. France. No. 
i TRSIASE 
‘Hin Beitag zur Kenutniss norwegischer Gabbros, Z D. G. G. 
1879. XXXI. 484. 
° Om de norska apatitforekomsterna, etc. Geol. Foren i, Stock. 
Foérh. 18838. 447. 
