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Malad quarry

Crystal locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Apophyllite, stilbite, gyrolite spheres, prehnite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Deccan Traps basalt (~66 Ma)

Well-known gyrolite source in older literature

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