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labradorite, though it is found as chief-ingredient in the basalt, 

 must very rarely appear in the sand, owing chiefly to its small 

 size and its form, like flat tables. Not a single grain of 

 labradorite with twin-striation has been found in any of the 

 samples. 



The hornblende is found in very varying amounts in the 

 samples; as a rule there is remarkably little of this mineral 

 compared with what is generally found in quartz-sand, this 

 appearing especially in all the samples up to No. 27. In the 

 following samples obtained along the Liverpool Kyst to 

 Кар Brewster, we find, on the contrary, very large amounts, 

 a fact which indicates that the country lying inland from the 

 coast must contain a considerable amount of rocks rich in 

 hornblende, syenite, diorite or hornblende schist. In the last 

 samples, smaller amounts are again found, yet more than in 

 the first samples. In samples 37 — 41, found south of Кар 

 Brewster, this characteristic is even more striking, as the 

 chief mass of the samples originates from basaltic material. 

 This indicates that the contributions coming from the north, 

 must mainly have originated of the rocks of the Liverpool 

 Kyst, from which they were probably conveyed by coast-ice. 



The amount of augite also varies, but generally much 

 larger than the amount of hornblende. It naturally bears a 

 certain relation to the amount of basalt in the fragmental 

 stony ingredients of the sample, but it generally only reaches 

 half the percentage of this rock. The great inclination of this 

 mineral appear as grains of sand is remarkable, and it does 

 not seem, in this respect, to be much inferior to quartz. 



In samples Nos. 1 — 6, which in 40 fragments contain only 

 2 of basalt, the augite in the sand is also present in smaller 

 amount than in any of the other samples, namely on the 

 average 2^з per Ct. In the samples No. 7 — 15 on the contrary 

 the basalt was found in rather large quantities, namely 31 out 

 of 96 , and here augite is found to an amount averaging 



