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India & Indian Ocean, Maharashtra
Pune
Wagholi quarry complex (cavansite)
Crystal locality Source-confirmed findsPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: cavansite, stilbite, heulandite, apophyllite (mostly via quarry workers and dealers).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Deccan Trap basalt quarries east of Pune, the world's premier source of electric-blue cavansite in white stilbite
Wikipedia's cavansite article cites Makki (2005), 'Collecting cavansite in the Wagholi quarry complex', and calls Pune the mineral's most frequent source
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Active blastingHeavy machinery, unstable quarry faces
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