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Mumbai (Bombay) trap quarries

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Historic apophyllite and stilbite, gyrolite, prehnite; many classic 19th-c specimens.

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

Why this spot

Deccan Traps basalt (~66 Ma)

The original 'Bombay' zeolite label of old-time collections

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