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Lonavala Cuttings, India

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: heulandite, stilbite, scolecite, apophyllite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: basalt zeolite pockets in road/rail cuts

Lonavala Ghat basalt exposures are recorded zeolite localities in Deccan Trap collecting references.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

TrafficSteep cuttings, monsoon rockfall

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