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quarters of a mile from the summit, whicli is the Pahldy Trigonometrical 

 station of the map. The limestone here, as well as at Bhimgarh, is a 

 light-grey sacharoid magnesian limestone with numerous laminse of quartz 

 showing the bedding of the rock very clearly. 



An analysis of the dolomite in the Survey laboratory by Mr. Tween 

 showed its composition to be— » 



Water and organic matter ... 



... 4- 



Carbonate of lime ... 



... 56-4 



Ditto of magnesia 



... 34-8 



Oxide of iron with a little alumina and manganese 



... 3-6 



Insoluble 



... 2-2 





101- 



Near the east gate of the fort a considerable quantity of a dark 



blackish-brown powder was observed to have accu- 



Oxide of manaranese in i i. j j.i. o e l^ :\ \ -l n i • i, 



the dolomite. mulated on the surface ot the dolomite from which 



it had evidently been weathered out. The lime- 

 stone, the face of which was greatly concealed by vegetation, was 

 here darker in color than in the main mass of the mountain. The 

 mode in which the black mineral occurred in the unweathered rock 

 was not clear, the rock being greatly obscured by dense vegetation, but 

 I believe it occurs in the form of minute grains scattered through 

 the general mass. An analysis of it by Mr. Tween showed it to 

 consist of — 



Water and organic matter 



Oxide of iron and a little alumina 



Oxide of manganese 



Insoluble 



14-6 

 22- 



20- 

 44-8 



101-4 



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