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Augite. — One of the principal constitutents of our basalts ; 

 Malmsbury, small, black, acicular crystals in dolerite ; 

 near Black Hill, Kyneton, imperfect crystals in scoria- 

 ceous lava. " From its appearance, cleavage, ifcc, and 

 the result of a quantitative analysis by Mr. J. C. 

 Newbery, there is good reason to suppose that the dark 

 green component of the greenstone (diabase) of the 

 Barrabool Hills, near Geelong, is augite " (M. 1866). 

 Foot of Mount Wallan ; near Steglitz, crystals ; Mount 

 Hepburn, in basaltic ash ; west side of Mount Moorakyle 

 (M. 1870). Magnet Hill; Mount William ; Dargo High 

 Plain ; Turton's Creek (P.R. Vol. 3). Dargo, in dyke 

 rock (H. in Trs. R.S. Vic, 1887). Near Heathcote, in 

 diabase (H. 1896). 



Automolite (Variety of Spinel). — Ballarat ; Ovens (Trs. R.S. 

 Vic, 1865-6). 



Axinite.— Dookie (T.M.). 



Azurite. — Thompson River Copper Mine, Walhalla ; Steiglitz ; 

 Pyreeth Creek ; St. Arnaud ; Glen Dhu Reef, Lands- 

 borough ; Nicholson's Reef, Castlemaine (M. 1866). Blue 

 Mountain; Bendigo ; Inglewood ; Dunolly (B S, 1866). 

 Dedduck, in quartz vein (P. 1873). Between Koetong 

 and Bright (P. 1875-6). Bethanga (P. 1886). Buchan ; 

 "Wombat Creek (CI.). Mount Korong; Lerderdeig River, 

 in slate (T.M.). Crooked River (P.R. Vol. 3). Car- 

 bonate of copper, without stating which kind, has been 

 recorded from the following places :— Bruthen Creek ; 

 Maldon ; Broken River; North Gippsland (P. 1868). 

 Buchan ; Livingstone Creek ; Snowy River ; Snowy 

 Creek, near Omeo ; Nicholson River ; Murindal River 

 (B.S. 1872). Rodney's mine, near Ballarat (P. 1873). 

 Beaufort ; Blackwood ; Grampians ; Kingower ; Upper 

 Murray ; Smythesdale ; Taradale ; Wongungarra River 

 (P.R. Vol. 3). 



Balas Ruby. — See Spinel Ruby. 



Barite. — Swiper's Reef, Maldon, very rare, in cracks and crevices 

 of the quartz, partly in crystals, and partly in drusy 

 coatings (M. 1866). Devonshire Mine, Castlemaine, 

 rare, platy crystals in quartz (T.S.H.). Maldon, with 



