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    Calcining Quartz at the North Cross Reef, Stawell, 3 November 1875, courtesy of State Library of Victoria.

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Calcining Quartz at the North Cross Reef, Stawell
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Wood engraving published in The illustrated Australian news for home readers. Shows the North Cross Company's quartz kiln at night; mass of quartz is fired and burns for days. Calcining means to oxidise a substance by heating.

Date
3 November 1875
Control
Accession Number: IAN03/11/75/173 Image Number: mp002368
Archival Source
Pictures Collection; State Library of Victoria. Details
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Courtesy State Library of Victoria

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