MINERALS OF EASTERN GIPPSLAND. 285 



12.— MINERALS OF EASTERN GIPPSLAND. 



By DONALD CLARK, B.C.E., Director North Gippslond 

 School of Mines. 



! After a mineral denotes that it is rare. 

 !! That it is common. 

 !!! That it is in workable quantity. 



Almost the whole of the following minerals have been 

 examined by me ; a few I take from a Report of Mr. 

 Howitt's. 



I am aware that many of these enumerated have been 

 described before by the Mining Department, Victoria, but 

 to leave these out would be to present an incomplete list. 



As might be expected, most minerals were sent in owing to 

 their supposed commercial value, so that the list is on the side 

 of metallic substances. 



Certain districts within my prescribed area have not been 

 touched, but I trust to complete the enumeration of these 

 places in future. 



I am specially indebted to Messrs. Jorgensen (Bairns- 

 dale), A. L. Campbell, C.E. (Omeo), Sidney Horsley, 

 M.C.E. (Brutlien), for the pains they have taken to collect 

 specimens and give information. 



Amphibole (Hornhlenhe). — In igneous rocks, Dargo ! !. 

 Anglesite. — Buchan ! From oxidised galenite. 

 Arsenopyrite. — Boggy Creek ! !, Deptford ! ! !, Omeo ! ! !, 



BaldhiU Creek!!!, Dargo!!!, Wombat Creek!!!, 



Haunted Stream ! ! !, and other goldfields. 

 Apatite. — Bruthen Creek!, Dargo basalts, Tabberra- 



berra!. (H.) 

 Azurite. — Buchan ! !, Wombat Creek ! !. 

 Barite. — As crystals in vesicular ferro- manganese ore. 



Boggy Creek!, Buchan!!!, enclosing lode material. 

 Binitet. — Wombat Creek !, with other ores of copper. 

 Biotite. — Mount Taylor quartz porphyries !, sparingly ; also at 



Marengo Creek!. 

 Bismuth. — Wombat Creek!!!. Pieces up to one pound 



weight have been obtained. In some free gold is visible. 

 Bismuthinite. — Lode at Wombat Creek ! !. Bald-hill Creek !, 



auriferous. 

 Bornite. — Buchan, ! with chulcopyrite. 



