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Gully ; and other mines in the Castlemaine District 

 (T.S. H). " The felspar of a very silicious granite, with 

 a vein of cassiterite, near Beechworth, appears to be 

 albite" (P. 1870). Bendigo (P.R. Vol. 3). Near Heath- 

 .. cote, in diabase rocks (H. 1896). 



Almandite. — Ovens ; Ballarat (Bl. Trs. R.S. Vic, 1865-6). 



Allophane.- — " The partly decomposed basalts and the clays of 

 the gold-drifts, and the fossiliferous tertiaries around the 

 coast, are generally very rich in nodules and veins of 

 amorphous silicates of alumina and magnesia, of un- 

 certain, i.e., variable, composition ; specimens resembling 

 allophane, halloysite, meerschaum, etc., have been found 

 at many places (M. 1866). Hampshire Reef, Golden 

 Point, forms kernels in a loose sugary mineral in the 

 caps of the reef. The loose sugary mineral is probably 

 a variety of allophane (M. 1870). Pleasant Creek ; 

 Strathloddon (P.R. Vol. 3). 



Alunite. — Near Magnet Hill, Gisborne, nodules and crusts in a 

 basalt quarry (M. 1866). Sunbury in black pyritous 

 shales (N.M.). Gisborne and elsewhere on thegoldfields 

 (B.8. 1872). 



Alunogen. — Barker's Creek slate quarries near Castlemaine, as 

 a thick efflorescence (T.S.H.). 



Amethyst, ok Amethystine Quartz. — Beechworth district, in 

 the drifts, or in the veins traversing granite ; Bradford 

 Lead, Maldon, in the drifts. " The light colour of the 

 Maldon specimens makes the designation ' Rose Quartz ' 

 more applicable" (M. 1866). Chiltern, druse cavities 

 in granite (T.M.). Bendigo ; Linton ; L T pper Yarra ; 

 Yackandandah (P.R. Vol. 3). 



Amethyst, or Oriental Amethyst (Corundum). — Pakenham 

 (M. 1870). This specimen was a hexagonal prism with 

 rhombohedral planes (N.M.). Beechworth; Dandenong; 

 Stockyard Creek (P.R. Vol. 3). White amethyst at 

 Beechworth (Bl. Trs. R.S. Vict. 1865-6). 



Amphibole. — See hornblende. 



Analcite. — Phillip Island, in amygdaloidal basalt (M. 1866). 

 Phillip Island, in regular trapezohedrons in older basalt 

 (N.M.). Chambers' quarry, Richmond, as trapezohe- 

 drons (M. 1870). Flinders (T.M.). 



