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  THEOBALD 
  : 
  GEOLOGY 
  OF 
  PEGU. 
  

  

  intermixed 
  with 
  the 
  peculiar 
  fibrous 
  quartz, 
  but 
  not 
  averaging 
  an 
  

   inch 
  in 
  thickness. 
  In 
  these 
  veins 
  the 
  steatite 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  the 
  

   fibrous 
  quartz, 
  but 
  the 
  two 
  minerals 
  are 
  very 
  intimately 
  united, 
  the 
  

   lenticular 
  masses 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  being- 
  often 
  enveloped 
  with 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  

   the 
  latter, 
  and 
  portions 
  are 
  sometimes 
  seen 
  presenting 
  almost 
  the 
  ap- 
  

   pearance 
  of 
  a 
  conglomerate 
  of 
  steatite 
  kernels, 
  some 
  no 
  larger 
  than 
  

   hemp 
  seeds, 
  enveloped 
  in 
  a 
  paste 
  of 
  fibrous 
  quartz. 
  These 
  steatite 
  

   kernels 
  have, 
  however, 
  nothing 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  a 
  mechanical 
  origin, 
  but 
  are 
  

   bounded 
  by 
  lustrous 
  burnished 
  surfaces, 
  much 
  resembling 
  the 
  silken-sides 
  

   produced 
  in 
  shales 
  by 
  pressure, 
  but 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  of 
  quite 
  another 
  

   character, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  peculiar 
  chemical 
  composition 
  and 
  mode 
  

   of 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  mineral 
  — 
  the 
  smaller 
  and 
  purer 
  portions 
  of 
  which 
  being 
  

   those 
  with 
  most 
  lustrous 
  surface. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  place, 
  however, 
  within 
  

   the 
  limits 
  of 
  Pegu 
  where 
  the 
  mode 
  of 
  occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  steatite 
  is 
  so 
  well 
  

   seen 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  adjoining 
  district 
  of 
  Sandoway 
  ; 
  and 
  as 
  from 
  the 
  greater 
  

   number 
  and 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  veins 
  here, 
  the 
  spot 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  

   focus 
  of 
  the 
  peculiar 
  action 
  which 
  has 
  produced 
  these 
  veins, 
  I 
  shall 
  

   briefly 
  describe 
  it, 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  less 
  noteworthy 
  spots 
  where 
  

   the 
  mineral 
  occurs 
  to 
  the 
  South, 
  since, 
  save 
  in 
  the 
  greater 
  thickness 
  

   and 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  veins, 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  one 
  locality 
  will, 
  in 
  all 
  

   essential 
  respects, 
  stand 
  for 
  all. 
  The 
  precise 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  spot 
  I 
  shall 
  

   now 
  describe 
  is 
  three 
  miles 
  North-west 
  from 
  Sandoway, 
  or 
  nearly 
  midway 
  

   between 
  Kau 
  and 
  the 
  Andau 
  pagoda, 
  being 
  rather 
  nearer, 
  if 
  anything, 
  

   to 
  Kau. 
  I 
  am. 
  not 
  sure 
  if 
  the 
  rocks 
  around 
  Sandoway 
  should 
  be 
  referred 
  

   to 
  the 
  Cretaceous 
  group 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  Eocene, 
  as 
  what 
  little 
  limestone 
  there 
  

   is 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  does 
  not 
  contain 
  fossils, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  

   evidence 
  at 
  present 
  to 
  support 
  an 
  opinion 
  one 
  way 
  or 
  the 
  other. 
  In 
  

   the 
  near 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  spot 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  coarse 
  conglomerate 
  is 
  

   scattered 
  about, 
  and 
  some 
  queer 
  looking 
  septarian 
  masses 
  of 
  compact 
  

   marl 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  waste 
  of 
  some 
  shales 
  which 
  have 
  once 
  included 
  

   them. 
  On 
  reaching 
  the 
  low 
  hill 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  focus 
  for 
  these 
  

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