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Gazetteer_ (1870) calls the place 'a considerable village'.
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A peculiar formation, of 'widespread occurrence in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world'.

It is ordinarily of a reddish ferruginous or brick-dust colour, sometimes deepened into dark red.
Apparently the special character which distinguishes laterite from other forms of red-coloured weathering is the presence of hydrous oxide of alumina in varying proportions.

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