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of beds here seen (which all belong to the lowest section of the lower 

 division of the Kaladgi beds) is as follows in descending order : — 



e. Upper breccia, '''chocolate" breccia. 



b^. Quartsites, brown and red-brown, gritty. 



b. Chocolate or dirty breccij, the matrix locally very rich in 



haematite. 

 «„ Qiiartzites, brown gneiss, drab and salmon-colored, gritty. 



The base rests partly on schistose hsematite and talcose gneiss, 

 partly on hsematite schists. The surface of the brown gritty quartzite bed 

 " ^ ^ " has been weathered in parts into great pinnacled tors unlike any- 

 thing met with elsewhere among the Kaladgi rocks. 



b. — Khirsur hill Section. The section in the Khirsur hill, one of the 

 highest hills in the Bagalkot Taluq and lying three miles east of the 

 town, shows the following beds : — 



c. Breccia bed. " Dirty breccia.'''' 



b. Quartzites, a thick series, grey, pink, and drab. 



a. Conglomerates forming the north scarp of the hill. 



Gneiss. 



c. — Adumurunhal Section. In the Adumurunhal (Adoomoorunhal) 

 section, in the gorge of the Ghatprabha river, north of Bagalkot the 

 beds exposed are : — 



c. Breccia, with ferrugino-calcareous cement. 



b. Quartzites, whitish, pale-red, brown, &c., &e. 



a. Conglomerates, coarse and fine, with some intercalated beds 

 of quartzite. 

 Gneiss (chlorite schists, &c.). 



The conglomerates in the section are very remarkable for their great 

 beauty of color. The matrix is generally a purple or purplish grey, 

 gritty quartzite of great density, including numerous pebbles of jasper 



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