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Hornblende rock. 



Basalt or lavfl. 



Hate or schist rock — of the Lower Siluriau 

 age — penetrated by quartz veins. 



SECTION ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE SUPPOSED GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF THE 

 GOLD FIELDS OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 



AUuTium or detritus, derired principally from 

 schistose rocks. AuriferouB in parts. 



N.B. This Section is merely explanatory of the accompanying j>aper, 

 and is not a representation of any one line of coxtntry. 



