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India, Maharashtra

Satara Trap Quarries, India

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: stilbite, heulandite, apophyllite, scolecite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: basalt zeolite pockets

Satara-area basalt exposures and quarries are documented zeolite localities in Deccan Trap references.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Blasting, unstable faces

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