40 MINERALOGY. 



MINIUM. 



Manufactured minium is seen in the bazars, but it is not 

 made in the Provinces. 



Red oxide of lead. 



BISMUTH. 



Mr.Piddington the Mineralogical Curator of the Asiat'c 

 Society's Museum, mentions in his reports, that he found 

 bismuth in one of the ores sent him from " the antimony 

 mines" near Maulmain ; and it is found in connection with 

 silver in Burmah. 



IRON. 



There is a large variety of ores of iron in the iProvmces, 

 :>ome of which are uncommonly rich in metal. 



COMMON PYRITES. 



Iron pyrites are very abundant in the Provinces. In 

 some places they contain arsenic, and constitute arsenical 

 sulphuret of iron. The Burmese names though usually 

 applied to iron, are generic, and might be applied to any 

 pyrites. 



Sulphuret of iron, 

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 j'jo^cgdl yellow pyrites. 

 coqpo5(c3®)ii globular masses containing 



pyrites in the centre. 

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olo^RoSgs-h small iron pyrites. 



LOADSTONE. 



About three miles north west of Tavoy, is a hill upwards 

 oi' a hundred feet high which appears to consist almost 

 wholly of magnetic oxide of iron. A large rock near its 



