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THE geological survey of Canada, under the direction of Mr. Selwyn, F.R.S., has placed in the Philadelphia Exhibition a collection of minerals and rock specimens of much interest, as they very fairly represent the geological productions of the Dominion, as far as the operations of the survey have extended. The descriptive catalogue of these “exhibits” (we regret the use of this new-fangled Americanism in a Canadian work) has been ably drawn up by the Geological Corps of Canada under the following heads:—1. Metals and their ores. 2. Materials used in the production of heat and light. 3. Minerals applicable to certain chemical manufactures, and their products. 4. Mineral manures. 5. Mineral pigments and detergents. 6. Salt, brines, and mineral waters. 7. Materials applicable to common and decorative construction. 8. Refractory materials, pottery-clays, and pottery. 9. Materials for grinding and polishing. 10. Minerals applicable to the fine arts and to jewellery. 11. Miscellaneous minerals. This catalogue is sufficiently comprehensive, while the arrangement is well adapted for easy reference.
Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada, and Notes on a Stratigraphical Collection of Rocks.
Exhibited at the Philadelphia International Exhibition. (Montreal, 1876.)
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H., E. Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada, and Notes on a Stratigraphical Collection of Rocks . Nature 15, 272 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/015272a0
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