Radium in New Zealand
ROCKS AND SOILS
UELLINGTON, Jan. 1!) Mr M. X. Rogers, Victoria College Wellington, read a paper at the Science Congress on “Radioactivity of Rocks and Natural Waters of New Zealand.” He said that the results showed that on the whole there was slightly less radium in tho rocks and soil of New Zealand than in other older countries. He added that there are no natural radium and uranium minerals in New Zealand. Interesting results were obtained from the waters of Waiaeri and Rotorua. The Kara pete Blowhole was found to contain a largo amount of radium emanation compared with the actual gas content of the, outflowing stream.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 January 1923, Page 1
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