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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Scolecite
Formula:CaAl2Si3O10 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteⓘ12 photos of Scolecite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Apophyllite Groupⓘ5 photos of Scolecite associated with Apophyllite Group at this locality.
Prehniteⓘ5 photos of Scolecite associated with Prehnite at this locality.
Fluorapophyllite-(K)4 photos of Scolecite associated with Fluorapophyllite-(K) at this locality.
Gyroliteⓘ4 photos of Scolecite associated with Gyrolite at this locality.
Stilbite-Ca1 photo of Scolecite associated with Stilbite-Ca at this locality.
Stilbite Subgroupⓘ1 photo of Scolecite associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Scolecite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Laumontiteⓘ1 photo of Scolecite associated with Laumontite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scolecite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai Suburban District, Salsette Island, Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India
Photo GalleryView Gallery (27 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:794382
Long-form Identifier:1:3:794382:9
GUID (UUID V4):6503e0b7-536a-4837-ae2e-4231c0fc40b4
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 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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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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36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Scolecite Pune (Poona), Mahavashtva, India T he zeolites are an interesting...common zeolites (such as natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite) can be similar in appearance, occurring as sprays...decades from the famous Deccan basalt quarries of India, and, in keeping with the zeolite theme of the 2004...as this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice specimen. Scolecite is typically seen as a colorless to white, transparent...5-5.5, and its measured density is 2.25-2.29. Scolecite is monoclinic (m) and typically occurs as slender
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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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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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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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Flood Basalts from the Deccan Volcanic Province, India Berthold Ottens 1, *, Jens Götze 2 , Ralf Schuster...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°59′N...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 ¡- 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...(Mahodri No.2 ) where, despite a good find of scolecite by Neil Hubbard and apophyllite by Allan Mortimer...interest, including one species new to Maharashtra and one to India as a whole (See section 4 below). Overall
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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
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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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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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Mexico Pages 160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals...cyanotrichite, kermesite, malachite, plattnerite and scolecite. Capillary or filiform These are hairlike crystals...natrolite, okenite, pectolite, pyrophyllite, scolecite, thaumasite and wollastonite. Globular, mammillary...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
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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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Quebec H9W 4H8 Canada Robert A. Gault Research Division Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa, Ontario K 1P...incorporated into Poland from 1920 until the NaziSoviet division of 1939; until 1939 it was known by its Polish...he was a waiter at Thwaites’ Restaurant on City Island; he sold shoes; he was a waiter at a New England...French Empire), but the mineral resources of the island are significant. Since the minerals are sometimes...could liberate stockpiles of tourmaline on the island. Unfortunately, Amster was now under strict military
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