[Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] by Phillip Parker King]@TWC D-Link book
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]

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Somewhat coarse reddish-white sandstone; like that of the coal formation, and some varieties of millstone grit.

Fine-grained, reddish-grey quartzose sandstone, having the appearance of stratification, and resembling the rocks of Cambridge Gulf.
ROE'S RIVER, at the eastern termination of York Sound (Narrative 1) runs between precipitous banks of sandstone, in nearly horizontal strata, which rise to the height of three hundred feet.
CAREENING BAY, between York Sound and Prince Regent's River (Narrative volume 1.

See the plate volume 1).

Crystalline epidote, and whitish quartz, apparently from a vein.

Purplish-brown epidote, with small nests or concretions of green epidote and quartz; forming a sort of amygdaloid.
Conglomerate, containing angular fragments of yellowish-grey quartz-rock, in a base of compact epidote.


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