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experimentally made from it, but it did not turn out quite satisfactory, 

 being rather dark coloured. There are beds of limestone in the Dalings 

 north-east and north-west of Namchi, but it is as a rule too impure 

 to yield good lime. Lime in Sikhim is invariably made from tu- 

 faceous deposits which abound in the vicinity of the limestone beds, 

 especially at Vok near Namchi, whence large quantities of lime used 

 at one time to go to Darjeeling. 



Garnet 



Is abundant in the gneiss and mica schists at places. But it does 

 not appear to be fit for the market. 



