'STALACTITIC' QUARTZ - India
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QUARTZ CRYSTALS
Unusual ‘stalactitic’ form
Poona District,
Maharashtra State, India
An unusual and attractive example of quartz crystals.Unusual ‘stalactitic’ form
Poona District,
Maharashtra State, India
In Maharashtra State in western India these quarries produce crystals of various minerals that occur lining large hollow ‘geodes’. These were formerly gas bubbles in 65 million year old basalt lava that now forms the giant Deccan lava plateau.
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Size: 9 x 9 x 5 centimetres
Weight: 390 grams
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