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Eugene Poitevin has, in addition, completed the study of a new 
mineral, robertsonite, from British Columbia, and has also completed 
the revised study of the ptilolite group of minerals. 
H. V. Ellsworth made a study of a deposit of cobalt nickel minerals 
occurring on Calumet island, of cenosite, a very rare yttrium mineral, and 
of a Canadian occurrence of gadolinite. 
R. J. C. Fabry, analyst, has completed chemical analyses of the 
following rocks and minerals: 
4 rocks of granitic type from KiUarney district, Ont., for T. T. Quirke. 
Thomsonite from Johnson asbestos mine, Thetford, Coleraine township, Megantic 
county, Que. 
Stannite, Snowflake mine, Albert Canyon, B.C. 
Robertsonite, Penticton, B.C. 
Aphrodite, Jacob Asbestos mine, Thetford Mines, Que. 
Pink diopside, Montreal chrome pit, Coleraine township, Megantic county, Que. 
Green diopside, Orford, Brompton Lake, Que. 
Two samples of vesuvianite — one from American chrome pit, one from Southwark 
asbestos pit, Coleraine township, Megantic county, Que. 
White serpentine, Megantic Lambly mine, Ireland township, Megantic county, Que. 
Chlorite, Montreal chrome pit, Coleraine township, Megantic county, Que. 
Fine asbestos, King asbestos mine, Que. 
Coarse asbestos, Vimy Ridge asbestos mine, Que. 
Eugene Poitevin collected a series of specimens derived from the 
dunite and the granite rocks of Thetford mines, and A. T. McKinnon 
made extensive collections of gold ores from northern Ontario and Quebec. 
Educational Collections 
The number of collections distributed to educational institutions has 
been maintained. 
This year more than 7,500 mineral specimens and 138 bags of mineral 
chips were distributed. These collections were assembled by Mr. McKin- 
non and required almost 20 tons of rocks and minerals for their prepar- 
ation. 
Province 
Standard 
Grade 2 
Grade 3 
Mis- 
cellane- 
ous 
Minerals, 
pros- 
pectors 
Rocks, 
pros- 
pectors 
Mineral 
chips 
British Columbia 
1 
0 
1 
0 
4 
0 
0 
Alberta 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
Saskatchewan 
0 
0 
0 
1 
5 
0 
0 
Manitoba 
0 
1 
1 
2 
3 
0 
0 
Ontario 
9 
5 
46 
13 
45 
6 
1 
Quebec 
3 
0 
5 
5 
17 
1 
1 
New Brunswick 
0 
0 
3 
1 
4 
0 
1 
Nova Scotia 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
Foreign 
0 
1 
1 
8 
24 
0 
0 
14 
7 
58 
30 
104 
7 
3 
Total number of collections distributed = 223. 
