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1. Analysis of Coprolites from the Limestone of Burdie-House

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

Arthur Connell
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These coprolites, as well as the limestone where they are found, contain a trace of animal matter, as ammonia is disengaged at a red heat.

Muriatic acid dissolves the greater part with slight effervescence. Ammonia throws down from the solution a copious gelatinous precipitate of phosphate of lime; and in the remaining fluid, oxalate o ammonia throws down oxalate of lime. The matter left undissolved by the muriatic acid is inflammable, leaving a small siliceous residue, and appears to be bituminous matter derived from the matrix. There is no magnesia, sulphur, nor fluorine.

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Proceedings 1833–34
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 1 , 1845 , pp. 48 - 49
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1844

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