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Pashan Quarry, India

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: apophyllite, stilbite, mesolite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: basalt vug zeolites

Pashan and nearby Pune quarries are recorded as apophyllite and stilbite sources in Deccan zeolite literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Quarry faces, machinery

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