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Report on the Geology & Gold Fields of Otago
Appendix B. — List of the Minerals of Otago
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Appendix B.
Appendix B.
List of the Minerals of Otago.
O.M. means that the mineral is represented in the Otago Museum by specimens from the Province.
| Carbon And Its Compounds. | |
| 1. Graphite—Few’s Creek, Dunstan; West Coast (Hector) | O.M. |
| 2. Retinite—Common in lignite; Caversham, in sandstone. | O.M. |
| Haloid Minerals. | |
| 3. Glauber Salt—Mount Nicholas Cave, Lake Wakatipu | O.M. |
| 4. Gypsum—Moeraki; Awamoko | O.M. |
| 5. Calcite—Abundant | O.M. |
| 6. Aragonite—Dunedin, in basalt | O.M. |
| 7. Epsomite—Murison’s Station (Hector) | — |
| 8. Alum—Tokomairiro, Waikouaiti, &c. | — |
| 9. Wavellite—Stewart Island (Hector, Cat. Col. Mus. P. 126). | — |
| Earthy Minerals | |
| 10. Quartz—Abundant | O.M. |
| 11. Chalcedony—Otepopo, Moeraki, Mount Charles | O.M. |
| 12. Jasper—Moeraki (Plasma of Hector), Clutha, &c | O.M. |
| 13. Chert—Moeraki, &c. | O.M. |
| 14. Hyalite—Dunedin, in Phonolite | O.M. |
| 15. Talc—West Coast, in quartz (Hector) | — |
| 16. Steatite—Milford Sound (Hector) | — |
| 17. Chlorite—Queenstown, &c., in schist | O.M. |
| 18. Serpentine—Windley Creek | O.M. |
| 19. Marmolite—Anita Bay | O.M. |
| 20. Nephrite—Anita Bay | O.M. |
| 21. Schiller Spar—West Coast (Hector) | — |
| 22. Augite—In basalt, &c., abundant | O.M. |
| 23. Diallage—In Gabbro, McKerrow Lake | O.M. |
| 24. Hypersthene—West Coast (Hector) | — |
| 25. Bronzite—West Coast (Hector) | — |
| 26. Hornblende—Abundant | O.M. |
| 27. Tremelite—Milford Sound (Hector) | — |
| 28. Asbestos—Milford Sound (Hector) | — |
| 29. Olivine—Dunedin, &c., in basalt; Milford Sound (Hector) | O.M. |
| 30. Halloysite—Basalt, near Dunedin | O.M.page 126 |
| 31. Stilbite Basalts, near Dunedin | O.M. |
| 32. Natrolite Basalts, near Dunedin | O.M. |
| 33. Chabazite Basalts, near Dunedin (Hector) | — |
| 34. Gmelinite Basalts, near Dunedin (Hector) | — |
| 35. Prehnite Basalts, near Dunedin (Hector) | — |
| 36. Orthoclase—Stewart Island, West Coast | O.M. |
| 37. Albite—West Coast (Hector); in schist, at Roaring Meg (Hector) | — |
| 38. Labradorite—In basalt, Dunedin, &c. | O.M. |
| 39. Epidote—West Coast (Hector) | — |
| 40. Garnet—Resolution Island, Bligh Sound, Milford Sound | O.M. |
| 41. Tourmaline—West Coast (Hector) | — |
| 42. Muscovite—Abundant | O.M. |
| 43. Biotite—West Coast, common | O.M. |
| 44. Lepidolite—In marble, Thompson’s Sound | O.M. |
| 45. Margarite In schists and gneiss (Hector) | — |
| 46. Lepidomelane In schists and gneiss (Hector) | — |
| 47. Topaz—Chatto Creek, Arrow (Hector); Waipori (Hector) | — |
| 48. Zircon—Timbrell’s Gully (Hector) | — |
| Metals And Metallic Ores. | |
| 49. Brookite—In trap at Otepopo (Hector) | — |
| 50. Sheelite—Head of Lake Wakatipu, Shotover, Arrow, Bendigo | O.M. |
| 51. Stibnite—Waipori, Carrick Ranges, Arrow, &c. | O.M. |
| 52. Iron pyrites—Common; large crystals at Maori Point, Shotover | O.M. |
| 53. Marcasite—In coal, &c. | O.M. |
| 54. Mispickel—In alluvial deposits, &c.; Milford Sound (Hector) | O.M. |
| 55. Magnetite—Dunstan, Maori Point | O.M. |
| 56. Hæmatite—Dunstan, Dunedin (Hector) | O.M. |
| 57. Specular Iron—Stewart Island, Longwood Range | O.M. |
| 58. Clay Ironstone—Tokomairiro, Maerewhenua, &c. | O.M. |
| 59. Limonite, Lansdown, Port Molyneux | O.M. |
| 60. Ilmenite—In black sands | O.M. |
| 61. Chromic Iron—Milford Sound | O.M. |
| 62. Glauconite—In green sandstones; in schists (Hector) | O.M. |
| 63. Siderite—In cavities, in schist (Hector) | — |
| 64. Sphærosiderite—In basalts, Dunedin | O.M. |
| 65. Vivianite—Black’s, as crystals in Moa bones (Hector) | O.M. |
| 66. Rhodonite—Dunstan | O.M. |
| 67. Manganite—Dunstan (Hector) | — |
| 68. Erythrine—Schists and gneiss on West Coast (Hector) | — |
| 69. Zinc Blende—Bendigo, Rough Ridge (Ulrich) | —page 127 |
| 70. Galena—Tokomairiro, Rough Ridge, Bendigo | O.M. |
| 71. Native Mercury—Tokomairiro | O.M. |
| 72. Cinnabar—Waipori, Dunstan, and Serpentine (Hector) | O.M. |
| 73. Native Copper—Moke Creek, Waitahuna, Dunstan, and Kawarau (Hector) | O.M. |
| 74 Chalcopyrite—Moke Creek | O.M. |
| 75. Erubesite—Dunstan | O.M. |
| 76. Bournonite—Rough Ridge | — |
| 77. Malachite—Moke Creek, Waitaki, and Pomahaka (Hector) | — |
| 78. Chrysocolla—Moke Creek, Milford, and Bligh Sounds (Hector) | — |
| 79. Platinum—Steward Island | O.M. |
| 80. Gold—Widely distributed | O.M. |
| 81. Silver—Head of Lake Wakatipu, Skippers, Kawarau Gorge | O.M. |