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33 Jasper, blotched red and white, exactly like No. 13

34 Granite, imperfeet, approaching hornstone. (See also C. 3.
No. 22A.)

B. 1.

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36 Gneiss, with the quartz entirely changed or destroyed

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38 Granite, with glassy quartz, takes good polish, very fine. C. 1.
(Like Nos. 63 and 66.)

89 Granite, bleached, appearance very anomalous

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A. 3.

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C. 3.

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A. 1.

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Granite, appearance somewhat uncommon, but tolerably
perfect, felspar yellowish, and quartz glassy, takes good
polish. See also No. 20.

46 Quartz, fine white grains, with black dots and some
mica,

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48 Granite, imperfectly fused, the quartz remaining un-
changed.

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49 Sandstone, partly white, partly ferruginous, inclining B. 1.
to red. (Like No. 29.)

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Description.

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53 Schistose substance, intermediate between jasper and B. 2.
indurated clay (Khari).

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55 Jasper, red, with veins of white quartz, ornamental, but
red parts do not polish so, well as No. 4,

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56 Jasper, variegatel red and grey, changing into Khari

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57A Hornstone, grey, stained red in some places. (Not des- B. 2.
cribed in Report,)

67B Quartz, white opaque, in large grains mixed with dark
dots.

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A. 2.

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59 Granitel, much black micaceous matter, with a little white
quartz, very ornamental if procurable in large blocks.

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64 Granite, grey, appearance uncommon, white felspar pre-
dominating, admits of good polish. (See also No. 97.)

65 No record.

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66 Granite, quite perfect, like No. 38

C. 1.

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67 No record.

68 Silicious nodules, like No. 1, and similarly immersed in
marl (No. 103.)

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69 Quartz, white and opaque, with white felspar, like No. 110 || A. 1,
70A Quartzose, approaching to jasper or hornstone, white, red, B. 1.
or blackish.

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70B Hornstone or imperfect, quartz, like 70B, but, with silky
fibres of amianthus.

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Description.

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73 Quartz, glassy and mealy aggregate, with red and black B. 1.
specks.

74 Quartz or hornstone, red, granular. See also No. 30
75 No record.

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76 Granite, fracture rather conchoidal, consisting of white C. 2.
quartz and felspar, and granular hornblende, rather like
No. 104.

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78 Granite, imperfect, very dark and difficult to break,
apparently impregnated with hornblende.

79 Quartz or Jasper, with red stains

80 No record.

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81 Masses in decay, white, red, or greenish, perhaps approach- C. 8.
ing to cornelian, with greasy appearance, and can be
polished.

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82 Granite (called Urdiya) like No. 88

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83 Quartz, small opaque masses united by a greyish powdery
substance, which does not take a polish, into very solid

A. 3.

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87 Hornblende, in large masses, blackish and exceedingly A. 2.
heavy, ornamental for building purposes.

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91 Hornstone, grey, containing many small masses of felspar, C. 2.
and clusters of black dots.

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92 No record.

93 Reddle, imperfect, mixed with hornstone or quartz

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95 Hornstone, imperfect, white, degenerated into a kind of C. 3.
sandstone.

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ber.

96

Description.

Potatone, blackish, very heavy, softer than hornblende,
takes a polish bat inferior to marble in lustre. (Called
Sungmuss.)

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97

Granite, grey, appearance uncommon, powdery black
micaceous matter predominating, does not take good polish.
(See also No. 64.)

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98

Quartz, glassy red and white, larger-grained than No. 106,
and not at all schistose.

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100

Marl, white, calcareous, rather harsher than Nos. 101 and
103.

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102

Slag, ferruginous, very heavy, containing nodules of quartz
and Khari, but in appearance resembles No. 8.

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103

Marl, white, harsher but more friable than chalk, will not
mark wood, used for white washing houses.

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104 Hornstone, grey, similar to No. 91, but proportion of quartz,
felspar and black matter reversed. Admits of tolerable
polish.

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105 Iron ore, called Losinghana, fracture resembling granite, C. 1.
except in colour.

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106

Quartz, glassy red and white, fine-grained and splitting into A. 3.
vertical plates.

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107

Rock consisting of large grains of quartz and felspar
intermixed.

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Hornstone, white, with small masses of white felspar, and
blackish or dark green micaceous matter in large irregular
blotches, very ornamental, aş it takes a fine polish.

110 Felapar, white, very beautiful, sometimes mixed with white A. 1.
or glassy quartz.

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Hornblende, very fine, crystals large and distinct, does not C. 2.
take a fine polish.

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Description.

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found. rence.

114 Hornstone, strange, whitish, livid, and red, in parts evidently A. 3.
a slag.

115 Hornstone, greenish, decaying into an imperfect steatite, C. 2.
called Khungta.

MINERALS OF THE HILLS.

Described in the Report, but not numbered in the Journal.

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1 Granite, very fine, middle-sized grains

C. 1.

2 Silicious stone, white, stained dirty red in irregular specks,
fracture intermediate between flint and quartz.

B. 1.

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3

Granite, grey and fine-grained, but much decayed, found in
river bed.

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4 Granite, grey and large-grained, very fine, would be highly A. 1.
ornamental in building.

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7 Quartz, strange, glassy and intermixed with brownish A. 3.

matter.

8 Quartz or hornstone, imbedded in white Khari. (Probably B. 1.
rather like No. 3.)

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10 Yellow clay, unctuous, called Pilla Mati

11 Indurated clay, schistose, in red, white and yellow layers

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MINERALS OF THE PLAINS.

Described in the Report, bat not numbered in the Journal.

Sone pebbles, silicious, chiefly quartz, opaque cr diaphanous,
take a high polish.

2 Pumice, found in bed of Sone

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3 Mas, small detached messe's like slag from iron furs
the Kols.

4 Yellow clay, called Rapura or Gori Mati, from furnaces of
Ganges at Fatuha.

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