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species grandis (Billings), but also by tbe still larger form, Ohioensit 

 (Meek). It cannot, however, bo said that either of these forms is abun- 

 dant in Greene county, but their presence has been proved by a few 

 specimens from both the Yellow Springs and Cedarville quarries. 



The lithological characteristics of the formation in Greene county are 

 quite marked. The lowermost ten or twelve feet consist of a massive 

 rock almost destitute of the appearance of planes of stratification. When 

 raised by blasting it comes out in large and ungainly fragments. In 

 color it is a very light gray, and the numerous cavities, large and small, 

 which are found in it, are all studded with minute crystals of lime. It 

 is crowded with casts of fossils of all the groups represented in the forma- 

 tion, but often the forms have been rendered obscure by partial solution, 

 and nothing remains but a confused mass,' of the firmer parts of the 

 structures. Nothing can exceed the beauty which fresh surfaces of the 

 rock sometimes disclose, the faces of the fossils being frosted with crys- 

 tals. The heavy bed of Pentamerus oblongus referred to in the preceding 

 section is found in this part of the series. 



The most interesting series of fossils thus far obtained from any one 

 locality was furnished by the quarry of Mr. John Orr, of Cedarville. 

 Several specimens were yielded at this point which have been found 

 nowhere else in Ohio. 



The upper portions consist of a very thin -bedded and fragile limestone, 

 often sandy in texture, and either light gray in color or yellowish. The 

 latter is the predominant tint at Yellow Springs, the former at Clifton, 

 while both appear at Cedarville. This portion is no less fossiliferous 

 than the lower part, and both contain the same forms, though the pro- 

 portions in which the separate fossils occur vary somewhat in the two 



divisions. 



In composition, the whole formation is very nearly a typical dolomite. 

 A few analyses are appended to show its constitution along the line of its 

 outcrop, the range represented covering at least one hundred and fifty 

 miles. The analyses were all made for the Survey by Dr. Wormley. 

 No. 1. Bierley's quarry, Greenville, Darke county. 

 " 2. Dugan's " Sidney, Shelby county. 

 •• 3. Holcomb's " Springfield, Clarke county. 

 " 4. Sroufe's " Yellow Springs, Greene county. 

 " 5 Trimble's, " Hillsborough, Highland county. 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Carbonate of lime 44-60 55.00 55.10 54.75 54.25 



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99.31 99.52 99.95 99.83 99.68 



