268 MINERAL CENSUS OF AUSTRALASIA. 
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Approximate Total 
Name of Coal. Output of Coal 
up to the 
31st December, 1888. 
Tons. 
Bituminous... =; ees oF Aa ae 2,484,687 
Piteh re. sit ais ast a fe 803,948 
Brown ... She see os a0 So 550 1,797,725 
Lignite ... dd bes Hen SOK “He 544 146,472 
Totals 500 cs 3 AP 5,232,832 
Total output of coals of New Zealand to 31st December 
1888, 4,618,937 tons. 
‘CopaLtt Bioom !—Otago, occurs in schists and gneiss (Hector). 
‘Copper (Native)—Great Barrier Island, Nelson, Lake Wakatipu, 
Dun Mountain, Perserverance Mountain, &c., in plates 
associated with copper deposits in serpentine (Skey); 
as grains disseminated through a granular serpentine, 
as fine grains in basaltic dykes which cut through 
trachydolerite breccias (Geol. Survey), (Cox). 
Black Copper, or Tenorite—D’Urville Island. 
Copper Glance !|—Nelson, in various parts of the serpentine 
belts, in a massive form. 
Peacock Copper—Maharahara, Champion Mine, occurs asso- 
ciated with native copper (Hector). 
hed Copper !—D’Urville Island, Lake Te Anau; 35:60 per 
cent. copper. 
‘Copper Pynrites! ! !—Waipori, Moke Creek, Coromandel, in a 
compact amorphous form (Hector). Analysis (Skey):— 
Copper ste ae .» . 15°03 
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100-00 
‘Copperas !—Kawau, Barrier Islands, crystallised. 
‘CovELLINE !—D’Urville Island (Hector, Cox). 
DeErRmMATIN !—Dun Mountain, West Coast Sounds, occurs in their 
faces with smooth polished surfaces (Davis). 
DIALLAGE, or ALUmINous AvaItTE ! !—Kakapo Lake, in diorites 
(Hector) ; Martin’s Bay, in gabbro and in reefs 
traversing mesozoic limestones (Hector). 
Green Diatlage!!—Mount Arthur, in serpentine schists 
(McKay). 
