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FRANZ RITTER v. HAUER gives, in this number of the Year-book, an outline sketch of the sedimentary formations met with in Austria. He arranges his materials somewhat after the manner of Studer's “Index der Petrographie,” the names of the various deposits following in alphabetical order. The geological horizons are briefly indicated, and copious references to authorities are given. The descriptions are necessarily brief, but they are clear and comprehensive, and the paper will be invaluable to those who may desire to widen their acquaintance with Austrian geology. Among the mineralogical contributions, we notice the description of a new mineral from Mexico—Guadalcazerite, the composition of which is given as 6 Hg S + Zn S. From the laboratory of Prof. Bauer come several useful rock-analyses, chiefly ironstones. Professor Tschermak gives a description of sundry meteorites, and some account of basalts, metaphyres, and other eruptive rocks from the Caucasus. There is also an interesting paper by Professor Inostranzeff on the Vesuvian lavas of 1871 and 1872.
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Jahrbuch der k. k. Geologischen Reichsanstalt, xxii. band, No. 2. (Wien.). Nature 7, 320 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/007320d0
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