To the people dwelling on the shores of Lake Baikal, Siberia, ozocerite has been known from time out of mind, has been collected by them in pieces of different sizes, from the beaches of the eastern shore, and has been used as a lubricant, alone or mixed with blubber of Baikal seal or with tar. The first scientific mention of this occurrence of the mineral was by Georgi in 1775. At that time specimens were brought to Petersburg and deposited in the Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
During a long time nothing more was known about the...
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