The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: March 28 1859 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have received yr. note ¶ with query and the three specimens. One is a tertiary lignite, resembling the German Braunkohl. The Second is a metamorphic Sandstone (I sh...

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Physical location:

Director’s letterbooks, MVS 2/1 1, p. 156, Melbourne Museum. 59.03.28

Preferred Citation:

Frederick McCoy to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1859-03-28. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1850-9/1859/59-03-28-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

March 28 1859

My dear Sir

I have received yr. note

Note not found.

with query and the three specimens. One is a tertiary lignite, resembling the German Braunkohl. The Second is a metamorphic Sandstone (I shd. think of Tertiary age) containing lines or layers of the 3rd Specimen, which is chiefly Iserine or Magnetic Titaniferous Ironsand.

With many thanks for yr. kind proposal &c

Frederick McCoy

Dr. Mueller