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Identity HelpGoosecreekite from Shirdi, India?
9th Nov 2014 08:59 UTCVik Vanrusselt Expert
I bought this specimen from Georges Claeys at the Interminéral show in Liège, Belgium yesterday.
The label says it is Goosecreekite from "Shirdi, near Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India".
However, the locality (http://www.mindat.org/loc-56572.html) only mentions Epistilbite.
There is a picture of Scolecite on the locality page, and a Google search mentions several other species being found there.
Is there (or was there ever) any Goosecreekite at this locality as well?
Thanks,
Vik
9th Nov 2014 11:36 UTCFerdinando Giovine
Ciao
Ferdinando
10th Nov 2014 19:25 UTCRock Currier Expert
Go back to the supplier. He may have better information than a guess from us here on mindat. Usually the supplier will just say, well that was the locality I was given. But it is possible that the supplier bought the specimen at the locality and in that case there is a high degree of probability that it is a correct locality. If that is the case let us know and we will add it to the list of species from that locality.
18th Nov 2014 13:25 UTCVik Vanrusselt Expert
according to the seller (Georges Claes), the specimen is from Nashik District. I've changed the locality of my specimen to that.
Vik
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