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LEPIDOMELANE !—Milford Sound, in schists and gneiss rock 
(Hector). 
Levucite !—Castle Point, in leucite basalt (McKay). Analyses 
(Skey) :— 
Silica ... ... 48°63 48:29 43-06 
Lime ... PSO SI), 9 Daisey 
Alumina ois, DOO mR eee 47 
Tron and = man- 
ganese ... traces traces 7:24 
Magnesia ee SUES 30 (1 906 
Water . aay Brod {i Bsbe y hae? 
Loss ... se LAt ayn (tl 
100-00 100-00 100-00 
LeucopyritE !—Thames, Reefton, Collingwood, with mispickel 
(Cox). 
LimoniteE ! !—Wangaru, Parapara River, Shotover River, Col- 
lingwood, in massive earthy botryoidal, mamillary and 
concretionary forms (McKay). 
MaenesitE !—Rotorua, crystalline (Cox, 1878); Chatham Islands, 
massive (Smith). 
MaenetitE ! !—Lake Wakatipu, Mount Cook, disseminated 
through various rocks in minute crystals and grains 
(Haast), 72 per cent. iron (Skey). 
Matacuite — Moke Creek, D’Urville Island, occurs as thin 
encrusting films on some copper ores (Hector, Cox). 
Analysis (Skey) :— 
Copper ai. es 4. 1) 88:20 
Tron dee aa: Jar Kealcho 
Silica ud By LL) ded 
Sulphur +f ... traces 
Carbonic acid and Beer soar OM EDL 
100-00 
Maneanite !!— Tory Channel, Kawarau, Clutha, Otago, 
Waiheke, Waimarama, Wellington, Waipu, “in veins 
in schists,” ‘‘as rolled fragments in alluvial drift.” 
Analysis (Skey) :— 
Sesquioxide of manganese ... 63°42 
Sesquioxide of iron... J12.1/.66°66 
Alumina... ie ... traces 
Silica aes ae UE S2O 
Sulphur i ... traces 
Water (hygroscopic) . Ja VI1O"22 
Water (constitutional) — seg P2*45 
100 00 
