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associated with the gneiss, which was distinguished by W. 

 King as part of the Bezvada group of gneisses (Rec, Geol. 

 Surv., Ind., XIX, 150, 1886). 



Vredenburgite.— Named after E. W. Vredenburg by L. L. Fermor 

 (Mem., Geol. Surv., Ind., XXXVII, 42, 1909). A magnetic min- 

 eral of the composition approximately of 3Mn 3 + , 2Fe 2 3 . Crys- 

 talline form doubtful. Found in the manganese-ore deposits of 

 Beldongri, Nagpur district, and Garividi, Vizagapatam district. 



Wadhwatl sandstones.— Named by F. Fedden (Mem., Geol. Surv., 

 Ind., XXI, 84, 1884) from the town in Kathiawar (22° 42' ; 71° 

 44'). Regarded as Cretaceous in age, separated from the Deccan 

 Trap flows by an erosion unconformity. Probably equivalent to 

 the Nimar sandstones and Bagh beds. 



WarkaHi beds.— Name used by W. King (Rec, Geol. Surv., Ind., 

 XV, 92, 93, 1882) for a series of sands, clays and lignite capped 

 by laterite, and forming a fringe on the Travancore coast about 

 22 miles long and 5 miles broad, having been traced from about 

 4 miles north of Quilon to about the same distance south of 

 Warkalli (8° 44' ; 76° 46'). They are regarded as of freshwater 

 origin, and probably corresponding in age to the Cuddalore sand- 

 stone series of the eastern coast. Somewhat similar beds occur 

 further north near Racnagiri (17° 0' ; 73° 20') on the Bombay 

 coast (C. J. Wilkinson, Rec, Geol. Surv., Ind., IV, 44, 1871 ; W. 

 King, loc tit., p. 102). 



Wart hite.— After Dr. H. Warth. Synonym for Blodite. 



Weean beds. — Distinguished by A. Verchere [Journ. As. Soc Beng., 

 XXXV, (2) 168, 1866 ; XXXVI, (2) 12, 13, 1867] as a 

 division of the Carboniferous rocks in the Kashmir valley, 

 overlying the Zewan beds. C. S. Middlemiss (MS. report), 

 finds that the Weean beds are high up in the Triassic section, 

 and are thus removed from the Zewan series. C. Diener [Pal. 

 Ind., Ser. XV, I, (2), 1899, 8] had noticed among Verchere's 

 specimens Danubites nivalis, a leading fossil of the Subrobustus 

 beds of the Himalayan Lower Trias. The other fossils were 

 regarded by Diener as not identifiable. 



Weinbergerite. — Name given by F. Berwerth (Tschermak. Min. Petr. 

 Mitt., XXV, p. 181, 1906) after J. Weinberger of Vienna to 

 radially fibrous aggregates occurring with diopside and bron- 

 zite in the Kodaikanal meteoric iron. Apparently orthorhombic- 

 (NaK) 2 (FeCaMg)O Al a O, 8Si0 2 . 



