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Rajmahal Traps, Jharkhand

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
Petrified woodPetrified wood

Also reported: Zeolites.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Jon Sullivan (Public domain).

Why this spot

Early Cretaceous Rajmahal basalt (~118 Ma)

Older, less-worked flood basalt than the Deccan

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