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Nashik Trap Quarries, India

Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: green apophyllite, stilbite, heulandite, scolecite, powellite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Deccan Trap zeolite cavities

Nashik-district basalt quarries are widely documented zeolite localities on mindat.org and in collector sources.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Blasting, unstable benches

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