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yellowish-green micaceous beds that are as characteristic of the Panehets 

 as are the clays. 



The most distinctive sandstones of the group near the base are, fine 

 and coarse-grained argillaceous beds, greenish grey 



fennels tones* 



in color, with streaks and blotches of red ; dark- 

 grey felspathic silicious sandstones with numerous green clay-galls; 

 brownish black splendent sandstones slightly calcareous, also with green 

 galls ; and red, yellow, and white false-bedded fine-grained soft sand- 

 stones, easily crumbling between the fingers.* 



Higher in the series, these sandstones are gradually replaced by beds 

 bearing a closer resemblance to the ordinary Kamthi type. They are 

 coarse, loosely compacted sandstones of a brownish red color, with broken 

 runs of pink and white shale fragments through them. Extremely firm 

 sandstones, made up of alternating bands of fine pink silicious shale and 

 coarse vitreous quartz grains ; reddish brown and white coarse false- 

 bedded sandstones with prominent white blotches and runs of pebbles ; 

 ordinary silicio -felspathic sandstones of varying colors ; and occasionally 

 a calcareous argillaceous sandstone generally mottled pink, white, 

 and brown which in some parts is conglomeritic. 



The red and green clays usually occur in thin beds, and are more 

 abundant at the base of the group than in the 

 higher horizons. 



Associated with the clays are the fossiliferous beds of limestone in which 



fish remains were discovered at Kota. They do 

 Limestone. 



not occur in any strength, but they are important, 



as an indication of position on account of their persistency throughout 



a long distance. They are generally of a light buff color. 



Distribution. • 

 In the Wardha, the beds of this group are first seen between Sona- 



* Their surfaces are often pitted. 



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