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6. Another sample from the Greta Mine gave the following 
ts :— 
Proximate cca 
Loss at 100° C. cae a 
Volatile —— carbons vile oi 
Fixed ¢ 25°13 
13°21 
Fancace 
7. From the central part of a section taken from the a 
seam, where it is m ee from mineral matter. Exhibited a 
the Agricultural Society’s Show, 1873. 
Proximate nese 
Moisture and volatile hye carbons .. 82°24 
Fixed carbon 4:97 
Ash ee ae os * oe 12°79 
100°00 
Specific gravity, 1-052. 
: Ultimate Analysis. 
Dried at 100° C. 
arbon 1 
Hydro eee 11370 
; a d sulphur a 6" 
nye, ™ sie - re a 4 gee 
100°000 
ollowing analyses of Torbanite, Cannel Coal, oal, and Albertite 
were eceraaly made to see how they one in composition with 
the New South Wales kerosene shale 
ToRBANITE. 
ee a Edinburgh. 
es lhe Pele colour, | Seat Ugo inde Oa. BUD Eee 
Scattered over with minute 9 Se particles. 
Specific vity, : 
Proximate Analysis. 
See ie oes eee Po 
tile hydro-carbons, &c. ees : 
Fixed carbon —_.. “ . _9°045 
Ash (white) ; 20°540 
100°000 
Does not form a coke—a black powder only is left. 
“ See “Minerals of New South Wales” p. 37, by A. Liversidge. 
