NO. 2 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TIN HESS 55 



CEYLON (Continued) 



Note stating that cassiterite had been identified in a specimen of " nambu " from 

 Niriella, near Ratnapura. 



256. . Report on the occurrence of cassiterite (oxide of tin) in Ceylon. 



May, 1905, Colombo. 2 page pamphlet. About 450 words. 



Digest: Neues Jahrb. Min., 1906, Stuttgart, I (Ref.), p. 166. 



Small amount of stream tin found in gem washing at Niriella (Palle Pattuwa, 

 Nawadun Korale, Sabaragamuwa). Of no commercial importance. Ilmenite occurs 

 with it. Gives analysis. 



257. COOMARASWAMY, A. K., and PARSONS, JAMES. Cassiterite. 



Min. Surv., Ceylon Adm. Rep., 1905 (1906), Colombo, pp. E. 9-10. 



Report of investigation of stream tin at Niriella, Induwehena, near Dela, and in 

 Kuruwita. None of the deposits are of economic importance. The cassiterite is 

 supposed to come from the surrounding granite. Zircon, rutile, ilmenite, etc., are 

 found with the cassiterite. 



258. DUNSTAN, WYNDHAM R. Report on cassiterite from Ceylon. 



1905, Colombo. About 150 words. Published with article on cassiterite by Coom- 

 araswamy, Mineralogical Survey of Ceylon. Pamphlet of 2 pages. 

 ANALYSIS OF STREAM TIN FROM NIRIELLA. 



Stannic oxide 94.00 



Ferric oxide 0.86 



Manganous oxide 0.03 



Lime 0.50 



Insoluble residue, chiefly niobic and tantalic oxides 4.64 



Equivalent to metallic tin 74.09 per cent. 



259. PARSONS, JAMES. Additional report on an occurrence of cassiterite in 



Ceylon. 



1905, Colombo. About 375 words published in pamphlet with article by Coomaras- 

 wamy. 



Small occurrence of cassiterite (stream tin) in gravels at Noragala. Occurs with 

 sapphire, topaz, and large quantities of zircon. 



CHILI 



FOULLON, H. See No. 1322. 



259a. GOTTING, A. Die Erzgange zu Punitaqui in Chile, mit besonderer 

 Beriicksichtigung der Zinnober fiihrenden Lagerstatten. 



Zeit. prakt. Geo'l., 1894, Berlin, pp. 224-230. 



Cassiterite occurs in a diabase in which are also deposits of cinnabar, siderite, 

 copper minerals and gold. The tin is apparently not in commercial quantity. 

 Hornblende granite occurs not far away. 



260. MORICKE, W. Erzgange zu Punitaqui in Chile. 



Zeitschr. prakt. Geol., 1894, Berlin, pp. 282-283. 



Discusses the occurrence of tin mentioned by A. Gotting. See No. 259a. 



CHINA 



261. ANONYMOUS. Zinn-Gruben von Johor in China. 



Nouv. Ann. Voy. Soi. geogr., 1827, Paris, p. 418. 



Extract: Tasch. ges. Min., 1828, Bd. 1, Frankfurt-am-Main, p. 47. 



Original article not available to the authors. 



Describes the alluvial deposit of tin near the town Gongong. 



