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CEYLON BRANCH 



III. 



1 Rose Quartz. 



2 Hyalith. 



3 Sievrite. 



4 Epidote. 



5 Tremolite. 



6 Cyanite. 



7 Topaz. 



8 Oriental Topaz. 



9 Sapphire. 



10 Tolith. 



11 Emerald. 



12 Beryll. 



15 Yellow Tourmaline. 



16 Nitre. 



17 Chrome Iron Ore. 



18 Anatas. 



19 Rutil. 



20 Sphene. 



21 Cerite. 



22 Allanite. 



23 Tantalite.. 



24 Tahlemite 



25 Sulphur. 



26 Anthracite. 

 21 Spinnel. 



13 Euclas. 



14 Green Tourmaline. 



In addition to the above, there may be perhaps ten or 

 twelve other Minerals not yet properly defined. 



The lists which I have been thus far able 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 informa- 

 tion as to the locality and position of many minerals ; for it 

 must not be supposed 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 they are mostly dis- 

 posed of there as though just found in the mountains of that 

 district. 



If we are not able to buy a Brazilian Topaz, a Khoras- 

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



