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as variolite. These are all composed of labradorite-felspar and 

 augite. Aphanites, or fine-grained diabases, also occur. 



Basaltic rocks are of frequent occurrence, especially in tlie Tillyria 

 ■district; specimens obtained there by me have been identified by 

 Dr. Teall as basalt, and one as augitite, a rock of the limburgite 

 group, but without any olivine. 



The serpentine rocks occupy the region of the highest mountains 

 -of Troodos, and are bounded by Trooditissa on the south and 

 Evrychou on the north, while they also occur at Phinicarga, Akourso, 

 Cathika, Ag. Nicola, and Ag. Aconas in the Acamas. On the south 

 and east slopes of Troodos they are fibrous and laminar in texture, 

 and contain asbestos. 



The eupholites or felspathic serpentines form an intermediate 

 stage between the serpentine and granitone or euphotide, and abound 

 on the side towards Prodromes. 



The gabbros are found towards Evrychou and from Prodromes to 

 Akourso. They occur in bands among the masses of diabase and 

 aphanites about Kykkou and again at Ag. Nicolaos in the Acamas. 



Diabase is the variety most prevalent among the igneous rocks of 

 Cyprus. They are generally fine-grained, of a grey-green, blackish, 

 or dull-green hue ; frequently much weathered, broken up and 

 decomposed, particularly in the neighbourhood of the sedimentary 

 rocks. 



Where the Pliocene rooks rest on these igneous rocks they are not 

 altered, and this fact proves that the intrusion of the volcanic rocks 

 took place in the interval between the formation of the Oligocene 

 and Pliocene rocks of Cyprus. 



6. Pliocene and Pleistocene. — The deposits comprised in the more 

 recent formations, namely, the Pliocene or later Tertiary, and the 

 Pleistocene or Quaternary strata, are indicated on the map by 

 a blue tint. 



They extend over the Central Plains, the coast littorals, and are 

 distributed over the foot hills and low country generally, and they 

 rest unconformably on all the older rocks. The Pliocene is 

 represented by calcareous sandstones, conglomerates, sands, and 

 calcareous tufa, while the Pleistocene beds comprise principally 

 gravels, travertine, the alluvial deposits of the Mesaoria, and the 

 raised beach sandstones of the sea-shore. They may be classified 

 under the following heads, namely : — 



Kyrenia Rock ) „ , -. , ■, , 



Nicosia Beds I Calcareous sandstones and marls. 



Eaised beaches. 

 Conglomerates. 

 AUuvium. 



The two first names were adopted by Russell to indicate certain 

 variations of the same formation, soft limestones formed from 

 calcareous sands and consisting almost entirely of minute organic 

 debris, small worn fragments of shells and other marine organisms, 

 loosely compacted together and containing a small percentage of 

 quartz sand. Both are of Pliocene age. •■■'..'■■ 



