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“Rare Element Minerals of Canada” was published as No. 11 of the 
Geological Survey Economic Geology Series. His work on vanadium 
brought to light an occurrence of vanadiferous rock in British Columbia 
containing over 2 per cent V2O5, an account of which, in collaboration 
with H. C. Gunning, is published in the Summary Report of the Geological 
Survey for 1932, part A II. 
R. J. C. Fabry made chemical analyses for W. H. Collins of nine 
specimens of rock from the Sudbury nickel eruptive as follows: four 
norites from Levack Township, two norites from Denison Township, one 
norite from Boswell Township, one micropegmatite from Garson Township, 
and one unnamed specimen from the transition zone, Levack Township. 
He analysed one specimen of serpentine and one specimen of serpentinized 
peridotite from Thetford Township for H. C. Cooke; one specimen of 
prehnite from Jacobs asbestos mine and one from King asbestos mine 
for E. Poitevin; he made partial analyses of seven samples of magnesite 
from British Columbia for C. E. Cairnes and made one determination of 
the alkalis in sericite schist from Memphremagog for H. W. Fairbairn. 
There was a marked increase in the number of qualitative tests for 
the commoner elements carried out on specimens submitted to the division 
for rapid identification. 
It is of interest to note that Mr. Quinlan, research assistant in the 
Department of Mineralogy of the University of Toronto, spent a month 
in our laboratory studying methods of rare mineral analysis developed by 
H. V. Ellsworth. Later in the autumn Mr. Maurice Archambault, chief 
chemist of the Quebec Bureau of Mines, also spent a month in our 
laboratory to familiarize himself with the chemical operations involved in 
rock and mineral analyses. 
During the fiscal year just ended the Division of Mineralogy made 
many improvements in the collection on display at the National Museum. 
It has also prepared several special exhibits, the most important one 
being arranged by Mr. Ellsworth and colleagues from the Geological 
Division, for the Central Canada Exhibition at Ottawa. Another exhibit 
was prepared by Eugene Poitevin in connexion with the meeting of the 
Dominion Land Surveyors at Ottawa. 
Educational Collections 
From 1928 to 1932, 2,459 collections were distributed to educational 
institutions, etc., averaging 492 collections a year, whereas during the fiscal 
year ending March 31, 1933, 751 collections were distributed containing 
24,125 specimens and 135 bags of mineral chips. Material collected during 
the summer of 1932 amounted to 29,115 pounds of rocks and minerals. 
The following collections were distributed to educational institutions, 
etc., during the year: 
