Note on the Identification of the Scotch and New Brunswick “Albertites”

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Prof. Tennant, of London, and I, identified the two "Albertites " in 1862. I was then a Commissioner for Nova Scotia at the Great Exhibition. In the ncighbouring Court of New Brunswick there was a tub full of specimens of Albertite, which were freely given to visitors by Mr. Daniel, the Commissioner for New Brunswick, and myself.

It was, therefore, no astonishment when the Professor's assistant put into my hand a piece of "Albertite" as I entered the shop, and asked me what I thought of it. I said, "It is a piece of our New Brunswick Albertite." He replied, it was not from New Brunswick, but from some part of England, and showed me a boxfull that had just been received. The only guide to the locality whence it came were the markings on the lid of the box—" Aberdeen Railway" and Kiltearn.