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III. 



i Rose Quartz. 



15 



Yellow Tourmaline, 



2 Hyalith. 



16 



Nitre. 



8 Sievrite. 



17 



Chrome Iron Ore 



4 Epidote. 



18 



Anatas. 



5 Tremolite. 



19 



Rutil. 



6 Cy ariite. 



20 



Sphene. 



7 Topas. 



21 



Cerite. 



8 Oriental Topas, 



22 



Allanite. 



9 Saphyr. 



23 



Tantalite. 



10 Tolith. 



24 



Tahlemite. 



11 Emerald. 



25 



Sulphur. 



12 Beryll. 



26 



Anthracite. 



13 Euclas. 



27 



Spinell. 



14 Green Tourmaline. 







In addition to the above there may he perhaps ten or twelve 

 other Minerals not yet properly defined. 



The lists which I have been able thus far to furnish prove 

 that a full and faithful Catalogue of all the Minerals of Ceylon 

 cannot as yet be given : the difficulty of the task lies in the 

 almost impossibility of procuring correct information as to the 

 locality and position of many Minerals, for it must not be sup- 

 posed that they have their origin in the district in which they 

 may be bought. 



As an instance of the truth of what I state I may remark 

 that in Saffragam previous to the Festival of Paraharra all the 

 rubbishing stones in Colombo and Galle are bought up and 

 sent off to Ratnapoora for sale, and (hey are mostly disposed 

 of there as though just found in the mountains of that district. 



If we are not able to buy a Brazilian Topaz, a Khorassan 

 Turquois, or a Capellan Garnett in Colombo we may de- 

 pend on buying it at Ratnapoora from the searchers for pre- 

 cious stones! 



