XXX. On the Occurrence of Euxenite and other Rare Minerals in Veins of Graphic Granite at Hitterö, Flekkefiord, Norway
1882; Zoological Society of London; Volume: 6; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1144/transglas.6.2.219
ISSN2052-9422
Autores Tópico(s)Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
ResumoThe paper which I have the honour to read to-night is entirely descriptive. I cannot, therefore, expect that it will have for you the interest which attaches to the argument of a theory, but I trust that it may not be without a certain value in helping to illustrate or elucidate geological structures similar to what I have to describe, which may have come under the notice of members of this Society. Hittero, or Hitter Island—o being Norse for an island—lies on the south-west coast of Norway, about mid-way between Christiansand and Stavanger, at the mouth of Flekkefjord, one of the smaller but most beautiful of the numberless Norwegian lochs. Except on account of its mineral treasures, which appear to be known to comparatively few, Hittero possesses no special interest for the traveller, and is seldom visited. We were told, indeed, that we were the first English who had ever been there, but this we afterwards learned was a mistake—the agent of a fish-curer had been before us. The island lies off the regular tourist routes, and is not very readily accessible. For the opportunity of visiting it my friend Dr. Wm. Ramsay, who accompanied me on my trip, and myself were entirely indebted to the kindness of Dr. Amund Helland of the University of Christiania, a geologist well known by his writings on ice-action. Hitter Island is not much larger than our Great Cumbrae. It is very precipitous, and landing is only possible at one or two points, where This 250-word extract was created in the absence of an abstract
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