Dahisar Quarry, Mumbai District (Bombay District), Maharashtra, India

The Quarry at Dahisar is remarkable for the quality and variety of its calcite specimens. Calcite occurs here in two generations, and forms scalednohedrons, combinations of scalednohedrons and rhombohedrons, and combinations of rhombohedrons and prisms. Among the rare (for Deccan basalts) species occurring here are pyrite, hematite, babingtonite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, ferberite and goethite. From MinRec V34 Issue 1, Indian Zeolites

Mineral List:

	Babingtonite

	Calcite

	Chalcopyrite

	Ferberite

	Goethite

	Quartz

	Sphalerite

7 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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