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73. Stalactite of Australian 
Tin. 
74. Plate of Tin. 
From Victoria. 
Shelf IV. 
75. Bituminous Shale, locally 
called “ White Coal.” 
New South Wales. 
76. Coal. 
From Cape Patterson seams, 
Victoria. 
Presented by W. H, Wathen. 
77 & 78. Quartzose Conglo¬ 
merates: Pebbles of vein Quartz, 
cemented by Oxide of Iron. 
Bendigo, Victoria. 
79. Ferruginous QuartzVein- 
STONE, termed “ Burnt-quartz,” 
obtained at a depth of 135 feet. 
From a layer 3 inches thick on 
the Pipe Clay Hills, Bendigo, 
1853. 
80. Specimen showing the width 
of the Quartz Lode. 
At Quartz Ledge Old Mine, Went- 
xoorth Gold Field, New South 
Wales. 
81. Quartz Veinstone, show¬ 
ing impressions of large rhombo- 
hedral crystals. 
Wentworth Gold Field. 
82. Infusorial Siliceous Earth. 
Australia. 
Presented by P. S. Hays, J.P., Tomki, 
Richmond R., N.S. Wales. 
(On account of its size, this 
specimen is placed on the top shelf, 
case 37.) 
N.B. The remaining specimens 
of Australian productions are ar¬ 
ranged in the upright glass case 
No. 11, placed on the western side 
of the room, opposite to wall-case, 
No. 10. 
I^ew Zealand. 
83. Copper Pyrites, tarnished, 
with Purple Copper Ore, 
Kawau Mine, near Auckland. 
. 84, Iron Sand. 
Mannkon Harbour, North Island. 
85. Magnetic Iron Sand. 
New Plymouth, or Taranaki, near 
Mount Egmont, North Island. 
Presented by the New Zealand Com¬ 
pany. 
85 a. Auriferous Iron Sand. 
Molyneux R., Otago, New Zealand. 
Presented by Dr. Bealey. 
86. Coal. 
New Zealand. 
Presented by Captain Stokes. 
87. Coal, with Pesin. 
Auckland. 
Presented by Mr. Ridgway. 
(On account of its size, this 
specimen is placed on the top 
shelf). 
87 a. Auriferous Sand, sup¬ 
posed to contain on the average 
about 2 oz. of gold to the ton. 
River Hellyer, Tasmania. 
Presented by the Van Pieman’s Land 
Company, 1864. 
Pedestal Glass Case, No. 11. 
(West side of Museum). 
Australia — continued. 
88. Diamond, weighing J carat. 
Found at Ophir, West of Bathurst, 
New South Wales. 
The first specimen brought to this 
country. 
Presented by Lieut.-Col. Sir Thomas 
Mitchell. 
89. Sapphires and Rubies. 
Ophir, W. Bathurst. 
90. Sapphires, four specimens, 
supported on a card, with four 
specimens of Zircon. 
Daylesford, Castlemaine District. 
Presented, from the International Ex¬ 
hibition, 1862, by the Australian Com¬ 
missioners. 
91. Topaz, rolled. 
New England Diggings. 
92. Auriferous Sand, com¬ 
posed of fragments of Topaz, 
Garnet, Spinel, and Zircon, with 
Native Gold. 
From the Ovens, near Melbourne. 
Collected and presented by J. B. Rollo, 
1853. 
