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History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c10.3

History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c10.3

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v1.c10.3

*Dhenkenal*: The specimen from this locality is very rudely formed and has the point broken off by recent fracture. It was found together with the debris from a laterite conglomerate; and from the fragment of ferruginous matrix still attached to its surface there can, I think, be little doubt that it was at one time imbedded in the laterite. The material is an opaque, slightly granular quartzite. *Angul*: This specimen was found in the bed of a stream near the village of Kaliakota. Its shape is broad oval, unusual. The material is a vitreous quartzite. *Talcher*: This specimen was found on the surface near Huri Chandpur. It is the best formed of the series. The material is a vitreous quartzite not improbably derived from a vein,