JoUK. Roy. Soc. Western Australia, Vol. XII., No, 6. 57 
Contributions to the Mineralogy of Western Australia 
by Edward S. Simpson, D.Sc., KE.. A.A.C.I. 
Series 1. 
(I/cad April 13, 1926. Puhlishcd May 6, 1926.) 
(1) . Lithiophilitc. Wo(li.>‘ina 57 
(2) . Lcucitc. Fitzro\' X'alloy 58 
(3) . Ferrimolybdite. M 59 
(4) . Kyanitc. Chittering Valley; 62 
(a) T.ower Cliiltering; 62 
(b) South Biiuloon ; . . 63 
(c) Wattle Flat. Ciillalla 64 
(5) . Staurolitc, C'ullalla. 65 
Genesis of the Chittering Kyanile and Staurolitc 66 
(1). Lithiophilitc, Wodgina, N.fi\ Div. 
Tills very rare phosphate of lithium and manganese has 
previously been recorded from only three districts in the world, 
all in the United States, viz., in Maine. North Carolina and 
California. 
A single detrital boulder of this mineral, over a kilogram 
in weight, has been received in Ferth from a locality said to 
be about 20 miles south west of Wodgina (Lat. 21-22° S., 
Long. 118-119° E.). On the surface of the. specimen there is 
a thick (1 to 2 cm.) crust of mixed linionite and psilomelanc 
evidently pseudomorphons after the lithiophilitc. Beneath is 
the unweathered mineral conpiosed of two crystal individuals 
traceable by the well dehn'ed, but far from perfect, basal 
cleavage. Indications of the prismatic cleavages b (010) and 
m (110) are also to be seen. The mineral is translucent in 
slices 1 mm. thick, possesses a resinous lustre, and a color 
in mass which is slightly variable, ranging from almost colorless 
