ABSTEACT 



OF 



PBOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 



Monthly Meeting, 1J. July, 1915. 

 Mr. R. H. Cambage, in the Chair. 

 Ten members and three visitors were present. 



Apologies for absence were received from Professor 

 David and W. S. Dun. 



Professor David and Mr. W. S. Dun were proposed and 

 elected as Chairman and Honorary Secretary respectively. 



exhibits : 



1. Mr. Watkin Brown exhibited specimens of nickeli- 

 ferous and other ores from Canada and the United States* 

 and a specimen of Wardite. 



2. Dr. Anderson exhibited zeolites from Ardglen, associ- 

 ated with apophyllite. 



3. Mr. W. N. Benson showed plants and other fossils 

 from the Devonian and Carboniferous rocks of the Currabu- 

 bula and Werris Creek area — of special interest was the 

 occurrence of Sphenophyllum. 



4. Mr. E. C. Andrews exhibted molybdenite ores from 

 the Yetholme and Whipstick Mines. Unlike many other 

 molybdenite deposits in Eastern Australia, the molybdenite 

 in these areas occurs with massive and crystallized garnets. 



Mr. W. N. Benson described the Devonian and Carboni- 

 ferous beds of the Ourrabubula and Werris Creek District. 

 He drew attention to the occurrence of huge pitchstone 

 sills extending N.N. W. and S.S.E. in parallel series for many 



