Report on the Exhibition of Gems. 81 



Exhibited ly Mr. Turner, of Beechvjorth. 



1 (2) Petrifaction agates, gold mounted as brooches. Woolsheds. 



2 (5) Cairn gorm stones, gold mounted as brooches. Different 



colours ; smoky and yellow ; good quality. Woolshed, 

 Beechiuorth. 



3 Sapphire, mounted as a ring. Ovens. 



4 Star sapphire, mounted as a ring. Eldorado, Ovens. 



5 White topaz, mounted as a ring. Woolshed, Ovens. 



6 Diamond, uncut, mounted as a ring. Woolshed. 



7 (5) Diamonds, 2 octohedrons, 2 convex octohedrons, and i 



elongated convex octohedron. Woolshed and Eldorado. 



8 (3) Smoky quartz. Woolshed. 



9 (2) Yellow quartz. Woolshed. 



10 (3) Geodes (water stones). Spring Creek, Beechworth. 



11 (2) Barkly-ite. Woolshed. 



12 (8) Petrifaction agates. ReicCs CreeJc. 



13 Agates, striped. 



14 (5) Lydia stones. Woolshed. 



15 Wax opal. Near Beechworth. 



16 (2) Barkly-ite. Near Woolshed. 



17 Banded jasper. Beechworth. 



18 Plumbago and granite. Woolshed, Beechworth. 



19 (2) Tourmalines ; 1 large crystal, 1 fibrous. 



Exhibited hy Mr. Sullivan, BourJce-street. 



1 Amethystine crystals on agate. 



2 Quartz crystals on rose chalcedony. 



3 Quartzose crystals, embedded in a mass of crj'stallized quartz. 



4 Nodule of crystallized quartz. 



5 Pebbles of jasper, of various tints. 



6 Smoky quartz, crystals embedded in granite ; a fine large 



specimen. 



7 Wax opal. Xear Beechiuorth. 



8 (60) Blue and white topazes Near Beechivorth. 



9 Amethysts, 2 ; Barkly-ite, 4 ; tourmalines, chalcedony, jacinths. 



(Small specimens in a box.) 



. Exhibited hy Mr. Mills, Richmond. 



1 (6) Malachite. South Australia. 



2 (3) Do. Faissia. 



3 Carnelian, fine red beads ; 12 large, 6 small. 



Do. variegated, red and pink; lo beads. 

 Do. yellow, 9 beads. 



Do. white, 18 beads 



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