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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ2 photos of Chalcedony associated with Quartz at this locality.
Chabaziteⓘ1 photo of Chalcedony associated with Chabazite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony 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:1349544
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1349544:8
GUID (UUID V4):a20a4f5f-f20d-43f2-b677-91d8e1162a6c
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
70.1km (43.6 miles) ⓘVaitarna dam quarry, Thane District, Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India
References
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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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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 1800’s. Author’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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has been an abundance of mineral specimens from India appearing at mineral shows. Unfortunately, the locality...location was usually given as “Poona (also Poonah), India,” 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 978-3-319-67704-0    ISBN 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Flood Basalts from the Deccan Volcanic Province, India Berthold Ottens 1, *, Jens Götze 2 , Ralf Schuster...stilbite) as well as plagioclase was overgrown by chalcedony, and finally a second calcite (II) and zeolite...flows at certain localities. From the Savda/Jalgaon quarry complex, ages cluster at 44–48 Ma and 25–28 Ma...cavities of a huge quarry complex (20 secondary minerals in open cavities of a huge quarry complex (20°59â€ČN...close toclose the city of city Jalgaon (Maharashtra, India)India) as well as neighboring occurrences in
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sussex mineral & lapidary society ·- 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...in a large vug in Basalt, from Sund Old Quarry, Streymoy island, Faeroes. This was entered by Colin Brough...the field trip to Hvitasteinar quarry, Skalabutnor on Eysturoy Island in the Faeroes. In the same class...12 ems matrix, which also came from Hvitasteinar quarry. Richard Tayler - 4- SMLS Journal 239 Sept/Oct...new to me; rhodochrosite and quartz from Durnford Quarry in Somerset, alamandine aod rutile from Lochan-na-Lairige
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will be meeting in Malad at 6:00 A.M., at the chevron station, which is the first Malad exit. Going up from...sard and onyx—two types of the layered mineral chalcedony—to create a reddish zebra-striped gemstone with...display sharp contrasts between layers, are found in India. Other sources include Brazil, Germany, Czech Republic...finest agate, jasper, geodes and other forms of chalcedony, mainly from family-owned property in Mexico
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Kouroudiako (SĂ©nĂ©gal) Les lithophyses de l'EstĂ©rel (Var) Mumbai ! Septembre Octobre 2005 RĂ©flexions impertinentes...fluorapophyllite et stilbite Haweur : 14,3 cm Poona, Maharashtra, Inde SpĂ©cimen: Fine Minerai !nt Photo: J. Scovil...D'EXPWRATION DES ANCIENS TRAVAUX SOUfERRAIN Daniel GOL MUMBAI ! QUELQUES RÉFLEXIONS IMPERTINENTES SUR LA MINÉRALOGIE...redĂ©couverte est replacĂ©e dans le cadre plus vaste du district ferrifĂšre de la FalĂ©mĂ©. SituĂ©s dans la fenĂȘtre...replaced within the vaster framework of the iron district of FalĂ©mĂ©. Located in the "birrimian window "
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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
Catalog/List
Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...Mine (Apex-Dixie Mine), Jarvis Peak, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington County, Utah...Dhindori Quarry, Jalgaon, Dindori (Dhindori), Nashik District (Nasik District), Maharashtra, India As straightforward... 53007 WULFENITE Shaft 11, Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
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historic Orlov diamond. This stone ·originated in India but eventually ended up in Amsterdam where it was...lcdlntquo was lo w.alt ne·or the rnce until lho quarry shovel had a bucket full and begoo revar-Jlngi...'pigs eggs' and amethyst at Steetley's Bodelva quarry which is now the home of the Eden Project and trips...the Prince of Wales mine, anglesite from Machan quarry, characteristically-faced calcite and baryte from...Pennines, and the Caldbeck Fells in the northern Lake District were some of his favourite collecting areas. Following
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trench at a rate of an inch or two a year. Any island or continent embedded in the sinking plate will...Nevertheless, there is no doubt that one large island became the Okanogan Highlands of northeastern Washington...Plateau of South Africa, the Deccan Plateau of India, and a few more. What do they have to say? We will...Deccan Connection The Deccan Plateau of western India is another great realm of basalt lava flows, overwhelming... were, INDIA impact f= crater \.-4 = volcanic hot spot The Deccan Plateau of western India today,
Report (issue)
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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Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...new Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . ...James RiverRoanoke River manganese and iron mining district. Mining for iron ore began during the Revolutionary...turquoise were reported (Sterrett, 1910). The district was explored for manganese ores by the Otter River...portion of the James River–Roanoke River manganese district, west of Lynch Station (after Espenshade, 1954)
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special issue, Minerals of the Peak District, jointly with the Peak District Mines Historical Sociecv, che...Cornwall and Devon, the Lake District, the Caldbeck Fells and the Peak District. Richard Bevins' ~1ineralog)...STANLEY, C.J. (1990) Minerals of the English Lake District, Goldbeck Fells. Natural History Museum Publications...MINERALS FROM THE MASSIF CENTRAL HAMPSTEAD FARM QUARRY, AVON {Russell Society Southern Branch) PRESENTATIONS:...seas that deposited the limestones - it was a huge island. In the Mesozoic era, Triassic sediments were laid
Book (edition)
Bend Patterns, Piracy, Deltas River in Hell’s District Highway (diagrams) Canyon Land Surface and...area. 20 to 30 square miles of Hyndman and East island of older rocks resting upon and among younger rocks...Hill Section. The Hagerman Valley line marks the division. The foregoing is included in Bulletin 15, Idaho...19. Geology and Ore Deposits of the Clark Fork District, 1930, Anderson. Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology...grains will show and we then have chert, flint, chalcedony, etc. All of these forms of silica are non-active
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PEAK of rhe DISTRICT A joint publication of Rockbottom Publications and the Peak District Mines Historical...Mines&Mineralsand vol. 12 no. 1 of the Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society. COVER:BLUE JOHN FLUORITE...advertising. EJOHN 4-----------ORIGI of the PEAK DISTRICT DC Quirk ORE FIELD EDITOR Mick Cooper EDITORIAL...------------ 16 ------------ /[INER LS of the PEAK DISTRICT of DERBYSHIRE TD Ford· WAS Smjer1111 ‱ 1/E Smith...Rockbottorn Publications Ltd. ISS 0952 2409 © Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd. ISS 1 00323627
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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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& 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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Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207...17656. LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207...Pallasite - PMG Hekandue River, Seymchan Magadan District, Russia This slice of the Seymchan Meteorite does...Pallasite - PMG Hekandue River, Seymchan Magadan District, Russia There are not enough superlatives to describe...Pallasite - PMG Hekandue River, Seymchan Magadan District, Russia This is a truly massive slice of the Seymchan
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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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other, have been mapped south of the Park City district, Utah, between Bonanza Flat and Pine Creek on... The faults dip northward under the Park City district, where, if their observed character persists,...faults in the adjoining Cottonwood-American Fork district. * Published by permission of the Director, U...City, Utah The northern Farmington Mountains, a division of the north-central Wasatch Mountains, Utah,...mining districts, and part of the Quartz Creek district, is within an extensively mineralized region in
 
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