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A Catalogue of South Australian Minerals. 



By T. C. Cloud, Assoc. Eoy. ScH. of Mines, P.C.S., F.I.C., 

 Corr. Member. 



[Bead September 4, 1833.] 



In contributing tbe following catalogue of South Australian 

 minerals I have thought it desirable to offer the ensuing re- 

 marks in order that a just estimate may be formed of the 

 trustworthiness of the determinations and of the accuracy of 

 the list of localities given. 



When not otherwise mentioned the determinations have been 

 made by mj^self after a proper physical and chemical examina- 

 tion of the specimens. The correctness of the localities of 

 such minerals as have been determined by myself rests for the 

 most part merely upon the testimony of those who have kindly 

 furnished the specimens, but I have every reason to believe 

 this testimony to be substantially reliable. 



The determinations of competent observers have been em- 

 bodied in this catalogue, and in this connection I would desire 

 to acknowledge my indebtedness to Professor Tate, and to the 

 various papers by Messrs. A. E. C. Selwyn and Geo. H. F. 

 TJlrich, bearing upon the geology and mineralogy of the colony. 

 I am also largely indebted to a little work published in 1846, 

 entitled "Remarks on the Geology and Mineralogy of South 

 Australia," by Thomas Burr, Esq., Deputy Surveyor- General, 

 wherein a considerable number of species and localities are 

 mentioned; and although a few of the species named in the 

 appendix require confirmation, I have deemed it advisable to 

 mention them — if for no other object than that of calling the 

 attention of those interested in the matter to the necessity of 

 seeking in the localities indicated for these species, with the 

 view of having them authoritatively re-determined. 



"With regard to the order in which the species are placed in 

 this catalogue, I have not thought it desirable to adopt a 

 strictly scientific arrangement, as I consider this list of 

 minerals to form merely a preliminary attempt at cataloguing 

 the species which occur in the colony. At present whole 

 families are unrepresented ; further research, however, will 

 doubtless result in the addition of at least some members to 

 these divisions, and a more strictly scientific arrangement will 

 then be practicable. 



