Wagholi the name is derived from the temple of 'WAGHESHWAR' which is on the entrance to this mining complex 20 km north of Pune.
Wagh in the local language 'marathi' means tiger.
There are a dozen quarries here out of which 3-4 produce good cavansite and pentagonite specimens.
References
- The Mineralogical Record: 22: 415-420.
- The Mineralogical Record: 34: 38-43.
- Makki, M.F. (2005): Collecting cavansite in the Wagholi quarry complex, Pune, Maharashtra, India. The Mineralogical Record, 36, 507-512.
- Praszkier, T. (2009): Cavansit und Pentagonit aus Indien. Mineralien-Welt 20 (6), 16-25.
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