Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 1 Vanua Levu, Fiji

CHAPTER XXV

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SILICIFIED CORALS, FLINTS, LIMONITE

Mode of occurrence of the silicified corals, 351.—Their character and structure, 352.—Flints, nodules of Chalcedony, Agates, etc., 353.—Other siliceous concretions, 354.—Jasper, 355.—Deposits of Limonite, 356.—Magnetic Iron-sand, 357.—Suggested explanation of the silicification of the corals, 358.—Note on a silicified Tree-fern, 360

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