Locality List of Minerals from Victoria. 11 



Bismite. — Maldon ; Wombat Creek (P. 1868). Omeo district, 

 rolled fragments (P. 1874). A mixture of the oxide and 

 carbonate of bismuth is found in the Beechworth creeks, 

 associated with tin sand (P. 1872). Snowy Creek 

 P. P. Vol. 3). 



Bismuth. — Wombat Creek, Omeo ; Upper Yarra ; Ramshorn 

 Gully, in irregularly-shaped pieces of a few dwts. to 1 lb. 

 in weight; Kingower (M. 1866). Linton's, quite pure, 

 from quartz reef (B.S. 1872). Crossover, Gippsland 

 (T.M.). Beds of streams in Omeo district (P. 1874). 

 Beechworth (M. 1870). Snowy Creek, a specimen 

 coated with oxide and carbonate of bismuth, and 

 ferruginous clay (P. 1875-6). Wilson's Reef, St. 

 Arnaud (P. 1884). Maldon (P. 1877-8). Dandenong ; 

 Costertield (P.P. Vol. 3). 



Bismuthinite (Bismuth glance). — Linton's, with native bismuth, 

 etc., in scaly, slender, prismatic crystals of fibrous or 

 foliated structure (M. 1870). Wombat Creek ; Baldhill 

 Creek, Gippsland (CI.). Beechworth (T.M.). Maldon, 

 in quartz, with gold and malclonite (P 1875-6). Near 

 Linton's, in a quartz reef (P. 1870). 



Bismuthite (carbonate of bismuth). — Tin-Kettle Lead, Ramshorn 

 Gully ; Sandy Creek, Maldon ; also reported from 

 Kingower (M. 1866). Linton's ; Beechworth (M. 1870). 

 Clunes; Maldon (KM.). Wombat Creek (P. 1868). 

 Bern River (Combying Creek), Gippsland (P. 1874). 

 Bismuth carbonate also recorded from Omeo district 

 (P. 1874). Snowy Creek (M.H.). An analysis by Mr. 

 J. C. Newbery is in the Catalogue of the National 

 Museum, 1868. 



Bitter Spar. — See dolomite. 



Bitumen. — Specimens found in Western Port and Portland 

 districts ; Grampians, and Pyrenees, a peculiar kind in 

 small caverns and on ledges of rock (M. 1866). See 

 note on this in Catalogue National Museum, 1868, p. 90. 

 Cowwarr (M.R, 1890). Near Bridgewater (M.R. 1889). 

 Traralgon (P.R. Vol. 7). Coal Creek (N.M.). 



Bleischweif (See galena). Buchan (P.R., Vol. 3). 



Bog iron ore. — See limonite. 



