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Mesolite from
Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai Suburban District, Salsette Island, Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Mesolite
Formula:Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteā“˜4 photos of Mesolite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Quartzā“˜4 photos of Mesolite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Laumontiteā“˜3 photos of Mesolite associated with Laumontite at this locality.
Gyroliteā“˜1 photo of Mesolite associated with Gyrolite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mesolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai Suburban District, Salsette Island, Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:622730
Long-form Identifier:1:3:622730:2
GUID (UUID V4):a694dfb4-194f-44c3-b3ff-432eea49c375
Nearest other occurrences of Mesolite
77.9km (48.4 miles) ā“˜Lonavala Quarry, Lonavale (Lonavala), Pune District, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
95.0km (59.1 miles) ā“˜Wadgaon Quarry, Vadgaon Maval, Maval, Pune District, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
References
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leicht@kristalle.com Minerals of the DECCAN TRAPS INDIA by Berthold Ottens 2003 Published by the Mineralogical...4.6 cm, from Pashan Hills quarry no. 2 near Poona, Maharashtra state, India. Steve Smale collection and...today as a national emblem for India. Archaeological Museum, Sa\rna\th, India. Frontispiece [this page]:...page]: Street scene in Lahore, India, early 1800ā€™s. Authorā€™s address: Berthold Ottens Klingenbrunn Bahnhof...carved from Deccan basalt in the sixth century on an island off the entrance to Bombay Harbor. Aquatint by
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the basalts of the Deccan trap rocks of Maharashtra State, India. Striking yellow, or colorless and transparent...especially well known from the Malad quarries in the Mumbai (Bombay)* district for its variety of forms and...and from the Jalgaon district for the beautiful twins that occur in these quarries. BERTHOLD OTTENS ... there is a mix of Marathi (the language of Maharashtra State) and English names of cities and districts...Nasik (now Mumbai, Pune, and Nashik). These names were officially changed in 1997 when India celebrated
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cookrob@auburn.edu Scolecite Pune (Poona), Mahavashtva, India T he zeolites are an interesting and quite pleasing...of the most common zeolites (such as natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite) can be similar in appearance,...decades from the famous Deccan basalt quarries of India, and, in keeping with the zeolite theme of the 2004...Windham, Maine, and at the Dexter quarry, Lincoln County, Rhode Island. A historical occurrence is with...with prehnite in gneiss at Wardā€™s quarry, Pelham, Massachusetts. It has been reported from the traprock
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has been an abundance of mineral specimens from India appearing at mineral shows. Unfortunately, the locality...location was usually given as ā€œPoona (also Poonah), India,ā€ which is far from precise. Poona (now Pune) is...mineral localities belong to this area: Aurangabad, Mumbai, Jalgaon, and Nasik, to name a few.   96*2:...largest crystal about 3 mm, from Wagholi quarry, Maharashtra. Georges Claeys specimen, photo courtesy...(left). Map showing the Deccan Trap area of Maharashtra, India, prepared by Rik Dillen. Figure 4 (below)
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green diopside on syenite matrix from the Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec. Collected by miner Bruno Carriere...several small mines in the Beaverdell silver-mining district of southern British Columbia, near the village...50 km north of the U.S. border. Activity in the district began with a small "gold rush" in the late 1880s...list, 1984). NORTHWEST TERRJTORJES Port Radium district, Great Bear Lake. A deposit of uraninite (variety...silver from the El Bonanza mine in the Port Radium district, and the specimens briefly appeared on the market
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from the Pillow Basalt of Salsette-Mumbai, Deccan Volcanic Province, India Berthold Ottens 1, *, Ralf...from the Pillow Basalt of Salsette-Mumbai, Deccan Volcanic Province, India. Minerals 2022, 12, 444. https://doi...within the tholeiitic basalts of Salsette Island in the greater Mumbai region, as well as in other localities...(DVP). However, the secondary minerals of Salsette Island show remarkable differences with respect to...geological environment. The greater Mumbai region is built up by the Salsette subgroup, which represents the
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Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ISBN 978-3-319-67704-0ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒISBN 978-3-319-67705-7...Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay, Mumbai). He earned his B.Sc. (Geology) from Mumbai University in 1992, and his...the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL, Ahmedabad, India), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)...Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR, Mumbai). He was Deputy Website Manager of www.mantleplumes...Geoscience Award of the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India (2010), and the M. R. Srinivasa Rao Award in Petrology
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Flood Basalts from the Deccan Volcanic Province, India Berthold Ottens 1, *, Jens Gƶtze 2 , Ralf Schuster...flows at certain localities. From the Savda/Jalgaon quarry complex, ages cluster at 44ā€“48 Ma and 25ā€“28 Ma...cavities of a huge quarry complex (20 secondary minerals in open cavities of a huge quarry complex (20Ā°59ā€²N...close toclose the city of city Jalgaon (Maharashtra, India)India) as well as neighboring occurrences in...of Jalgaon (Maharashtra, as well as neighboring occurrences in the State Maharashtra, India, were investigated
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sussex mineral & lapidary society Ā·- Return to India. Part 2 USA/Canada Field Trip. Franklin and Sterling...Journal 199 Jan/Feb 2006 S.M.L.S. RETURNS TO INDIA PART 2 - MINERALS AND MINERAL COLLECTING 1. INTRODUCTION...Lonavala in the west of the Pune District and near Alibag in Raigad District. Come the day we visited 5 new...interest, including one species new to Maharashtra and one to India as a whole (See section 4 below). Overall...traps within 6 of the Districts of the State of Maharashtra (see map). Excellent outlines of the geology
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nice wavellite from the type locality at High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon; unfortunately, but deservedly...of clear mesolite needles on white analcime, in a large vug in Basalt, from Sund Old Quarry, Streymoy...Streymoy island, Faeroes. This was entered by Colin Brough. The overall size of the specimen was about 12 x...would have been to collect and transport, as the mesolite is very fragile. It was altogether a brilliant...the field trip to Hvitasteinar quarry, Skalabutnor on Eysturoy Island in the Faeroes. In the same class
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or unique assemblage such as the zeolites from India, or high gem quality such as the rubies from Burma...the Deccan Plateau zeolite-producing quarries in India. There are also those deposits that have come into...notable example in this category is the Nuristan District of Afghanistan, which over the past 10 years has...Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Iyo Province, Ehime Prefecture, Island of Shikoku Ashio Mine, Shimotsuke Province, Tochigi...21 Mogok, Ruby Mines District, Sagaing Division, Upper Burma Mogaung District, Kachin State, Upper Burma
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to: PARAG GEMS, N4/15-E, Sunder Nagar, Malad(W), Bombay-64, India. ROSE QUARTZ (50 lbs. for $19.00), LIGHT...United Kingdom. FERRIERITE, LEVYNITE, STELLERITEā€” mesolite, chabazite, laumontite. Six nice Northwest zeolites...Mineralogical Symposium 66 Rocksmiths 74 Rhode Island Show 64 Russell's Rock Shop 80 Rusty's Rock Shop
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& SMITH, M.E. (1993) The Minerals of the Peak District of Derbyshire 13:16-55 see also SARJEANT, W.A...V. (1996) The minerals of Cornwall Countybridge quarry, Goonhilly downs, the Lizard 17:25-28 INGRAM, S...from Ardownie quarry 14:17-20 __ TODD, J.G. & ANDERSON, D. (1992) Pyrite from Goat Quarry 11:8-10 IXER...18:17-32 QUIRK, D.G. (1993) Origin of the Peak District Orefield 13:4-15 ROTHWELL, M. & MASON, J. (1992)...18:15 GRIGG, M. (1996) Wulfenite from Greystones quarry, Cornwall 16:13 HACKER, C.M. (1997) Rutile from
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Mexico Pages 160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals...of such minerals as boulangerite, millerite and mesolite. Laminar (bladed) Term applied to elongate,...bite-Ca, minerals found in the cavities of basalts in India. Above: Beryl and albite, beautiful examples of...Sicily There are large deposits of sulfur on the island of Sicily, most of all in the provinces of Agrigento...active granite quarry near Baveno. Top: Panorama of iron mines near Rio Marina on the island of Elba, Italy
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MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...1991). Simdeled, Aust-Agder. Early in 1999, in a quarry near S~ndeled, collectors opened a pocket containing...PORTUGAL Montijos quarry, Monte Redondo, Leiria Estremadura. The Montijos gabbro quarry at Monte Redondo
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tion, to be permanently preserved as an archival division of the Record Library. We are now (as far as I...deerite, howieite, and zussmanite at the Laytonville quarry in Mendocino County, California. He brought the...the minerals to Bill Nisson (California Division of Mines and Geology) who, in turn, brought them to the...supplied many specimens of minerals to the California Division of Mines and Geology and to professional mineralogists...lined with crystallized apophyllite and spiky mesolite, with large pseudocubic calcite crystals to 15
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Ag-Au district of Maricopa County in west-central Arizona. The primary property in the district is the...Mineralogically significant properties in the Osborn district include the Pack Rat, Moon Anchor and the Potter...barite-fluorite district, the Big Horn gold district, the Aguila manganese district, and the Osborne...Osborne silver-gold-base metal district. The Big Horn district is thought to be Laramide (early Tertiary) in... Russia (8), Col. George Gibbs, Newport, Rhode Island (5), Mr. Gilmor, Baltimore, Maryland (4), Dr. H
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cm wide specimen was found at the Crystal River quarry, Lecanto in Citrus County Florida. Collection Francis...wide calcite twin on (0001} from St. Clair Lime quarry, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Collection Terry Huizing;...cm wide specimen was found at the Crystal River quarry, Lecanto in Citrus County Florida. Collection Francis...wide calcite twin on (0001) from St. Clair Lime quarry, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Collection Terry Huizing;...this 4 cm long calcite dipyramid from the Pugh quarry near the town of Custar in Wood County, Ohio. Terry
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come. In fact, the article in this issue on D uff quarry pyrite would probably not otherwise have been pubĀ­...complex habits have been colĀ­ lected at the Duff quarry in Logan County, Ohio, for more than ten years...collectors alike. Pyrite crystals from the D uff quarry rarely exceed 5 mm across, and the larger ones...crystals are indeed pyrite. GEOLOGY The C. E. D uff quarry is located on Route 117 approximately 2 kilometers...Huntsville, Logan County, in west-central Ohio. The quarry produces crushed stone from the Middle Silurian
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across, from A shaw ay Village, H opkinton, Rhode Island. S m ithsonian Institution specim en; p hoto by...Sal Avella 7 Homestead Avenue Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 Theeastern United States is well-known fo...discovered in Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island. This deposit has produced some o f the most beautiful...Diamond Hill, Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island has been described by Metropolis et al. (1986)...geologic map of southern Connecticut and Rhode Island showing the location of Ashaway Village (modified
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Mexico Pages 160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals...such minerals as boulangerite, rnillerite and mesolite. ā€¢ Laminar (bladed) Term applied to elongate...bite-ea, minerals found in the cavities of basalts in India. Above: Bervl and a/bite. beautiful examples of...Sicily There are large deposits of sulfur on the island of Sicily, most of all in the provinces of Agrigento...orthoclase from Baveno. Bottom: View of active granite quarry near Baveno. z 0 ,-- EU ;:) 0 0 p::: E- z
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Conklin Famous mineral localities: the Gillette quarry, Had dam Neck, Connecticut . . . . . . . . . ....included over a hundred specimens from the Batopilas district, Chihuahua, Mexico, 73 of which were specifically...Canada (5 specimens), the Bell mine in the Butte district, Montana (1 specimen), and the Gould & Curry mine...1992 Famous Mineral Localities THE GILLETTE QUARRY ~DAM NECK, CONNECTICUT Jeffrey A. Scovil 734 E...Coronado Road Phoenix, Arizona 85006 The Gillette quarry is one of a number of complex zoned lithium-rich
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Articles The Wagholi cavansite locality near Poona, India ........................ 315 by R. Z. Kothavala...o li C a v a n s it e L o c a l it y nearPoona, India Rustam Z. Kothavala 511 Van Buren Avenue Oakland...at the Tucson Show in 1989 was collected from a quarry in the vicinity of Wagholi village. Thousands of...northeast of the center of Poona (or Pune), Maharashtra, India. The occurrence was first described by Wilke...goal of finding the source of those specimens in India, surmising that they were most likely from the area
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M. England & N. Robinson Zeolites from Phillip Island and Flinders, Victoria ..................... 451...W. 2006 Australia INTRODUCTION Australia, the island continent with a land area almost exactly the same...of some clay and ā€œ stoneā€ taken out of a ā€œslateā€ quarry which the Governor thought contained some metal...and valuable specimens from the strange southern island continent. If that be the motive, there is no evidence...of languages. In 1836 he was appointed ā€œMine and Quarry Agent and Geologistā€ to the South Australian Company
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Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...ever found anywhere, including the Deccan Traps of India. John Medici had the good fortune to be involved...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing
 
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