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Nashik Cavansite Quarries, India

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: cavansite, apophyllite, stilbite, heulandite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: basalt cavansite and zeolites

Quarries in the Nashik area have produced cavansite alongside classic zeolites, noted in Deccan collector reports.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Blasting, unstable benches

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