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Abstract

Tasmanite is an oil-shale known to occur in the Permocarboniferous
(1) of the North and North-Western districts
of Tasmania. The shale is of sedimentary origin and is
brownish grey in colour, being largely impregnated with
spores which have been named by Newton as Tasmanites
punctatus Newt. (2). On distillation the shale yields an artificial
petroleum which is claimed to be C:btained from these
spores (3). T•hus it is chiefly for its economic importance
rather than palreo-botanical that it has been engaging the
attention of investigators ·from time to time.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Singh, TCN
Keywords:	Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Journal or Publication Title:	Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN:	0080-4703
Collections:	Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Additional Information:	Copyright Royal Society of Tasmania
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