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the purer portions the manganese amounts to 40 per cent, of the whole, whilst in other parts the composition is that of an earthy brown iron ore, with only traces of Manganese. From a vein at Clifton Creek, about five miles from Bairnsdale, the lode appears, to judge from surface indication, to be about 3 feet or 3 feet 6 inches in thickness
Black Oxide of Manganese. From Chiltern, where it is said to be plentifully distributed through the debris of the gold workings on the Chiltern lead Black Oxide of Manganese. From Skipton Diggings, near Linton
Molybdenite.
Molybdenite (Sulphuret of Molybdenum). From Gipps Land
Iron.
Micaceous Specular Iron Ore. Obtained from within a mile of the north-west end of Lake Tyers, in Gipps Land. It is said to occur in immense quantities Micaceous Iron Ore, with Quartz. From Mount Nowa Nowa, Boggy Creek, Gipps Land Iron Ore, from the Royal Park, near Melbourne Titaniferous Iron Sand. The sand is found to contain small crystals of sapphires, zircons, &c. From the Upper Yarra
Titaniferous Iron Sand. It contains small fragments of zircons, topaz, and almandine garnets. From Turner’s Creek, near Sassafras Creek
Titaniferous Iron Sand, containing small fragments and crystals of sapphire, corundum, fibrolite, topaz and quartz. From a creek in the Dandenong Ranges, about 22 miles distant from Melbourne Titaniferous Iron Ore, often mistaken for Stream Tin by inexperienced miners. From Spring Creek, Beechworth Magnetic Iron Sand. It contains about 50 per cent, of iron. From the Whipstick, near Sandhurst Magnetic Iron Sand (waterworn). Some of the fragments are strongly magnetic, having the power of attracting one another. Got from a puddler’s tailings heap, in the alluvial gold-mining workings at Kangaroo Flat, Sandhurst
Iron Pyrites in slate and quartz, from Sandhurst
Iron Pyrites in slate, from Fryer’s Creek
Yivianite (Phosphate of Iron), from Sarsfield, Gipps Land.
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