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M. R. L. S., Tapanui— The specimen was referred to Dr Andrew, director of the School of Mines, Otago University, and he has kindly replied as follows:—The mineral lodged in stone is iron pyrites (sulphide of iron), oxidised on ihe surface to iron oxide. The association and occurrence are not unusual, but the size of the cubic crystals is greater than is customary in such a case. No cash importance is attached to the specimen. If in great bulk, iron pyrites would be worth from £ls to £2O per ton, depending on locality and other factors.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23691, 24 December 1938, Page 10
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