THE MINERALS OF KEW SOUTH WALES. 



By Archibald Liversidge, late Scholar of Christ's College, 

 Cambridge, Professor of Mineralogy in the University of 

 Sydney. 



[Read before the Royal Society of N.S.W., 9 December, 1874] 



The title merely of the following paper was read before the Society 

 on the above date, as the paper is not of a nature suitable for 

 reading in its entirety, but is more suited for reference merely. 



The descriptions of the minerals are given almost entirely from 

 specimens which I have either collected myself or which have 

 come under my own personal observation ; and the analyses have 

 in all cases been made by myself, except where otherwise stated. 

 It is much to be deplored that no systematic examination of the 

 minerals and rocks of New South "Wales has been undertaken 

 similar to that performed in other Colonies. The amount of exact 

 information which has yet been published is surprisingly small. 



Some of the localities have been taken from papers published 

 by the Eev. W. B. Clarke, M.A., F.G.S., the late Mr. Stutchbury, 

 who was for some time government geologist, and from some of the 

 reports of the earlier explorers. 



Great difficulty was at times found in identifying certain of the 

 localities, from the changes which the names of places have in 

 many cases undergone — numbers of localities I have had to reject 

 altogether on this account, and some uncertain ones probably still 

 remain ; but as it is my intention on the first opportunity to bring 

 this little introductory paper out in a more complete form, with, 

 if possible, descriptive figures of the more remarkable specimens, 

 I hope to be able to correct any mistakes which may have crept in, 

 and in a paper of this kind it is almost impossible that some should 

 not occur, although I have done my best to keep the number down 

 to as few as possible. 

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