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Improving Mindat.org2 separate "Malad Quarries"?

24th Feb 2014 12:09 UTCVik Vanrusselt Expert

Hello all,

I noticed that the Okenite image at the top right of http://www.mindat.org/loc-1992.html is actually attributed to http://www.mindat.org/loc-18220.html

Apparently there are now 2 separate "Malad Quarries" (one of which is also known as the Kandivali Quarry), see: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213720.html

Should they be merged or not?

I think so, because http://www.mindat.org/loc-18220.html says "There are seven quarries near Malad. (...) The quarries are numbered sequentially from #1. The numbering of the quarries is now not very useful because over the course of time, they more or less merged into one another."

Am I to understand that today there is only 1 large "Malad Quarry" left, incorporating both http://www.mindat.org/loc-18220.html and http://www.mindat.org/loc-1992.html?

Vik

24th Feb 2014 15:52 UTCTomasz Praszkier Manager

Vik,

Malad and Kandivali are villages, in fact part of the Mumbay today. There is at least 4-5 quarries between them. All of them are closed now.

Tomek

24th Feb 2014 21:18 UTCRock Currier Expert

Yes they should probably merged. This quarry complex is better known as Malad, just as the quarries in the complex near Wagholi are known as Wagholi. The name Kandivali is a name that I am at least partially responsible for and is on the label of many thousands of specimens from that quarry(s). As Tomasz says it is/was a series of quarries that merged with each other over time. The postal zone indicated was a misguided attempt on my part to help clarify the locality, and although it is correct in specifying which part of Bombay the quarry is/was located in, most locals will have no idea what you are talking about if you ask them where that postal zone is, although the same could be said if you gave them the GPS numbers for the locality. Now the quarries are closed and have building built in and around them.

24th Feb 2014 21:34 UTCTomasz Praszkier Manager

Locals call one group of quarries Malad, and other Kandivali.