![]() A geologist from Australia mentioned that this kind of mineral was found in Utah in the US. When Arvind saw this new mineral, he was surprised. “In the 1970s and ’80s, it was not well-known among people that minerals were used in universities, museums and as collectibles. M F Makki with Scolecite specimen from Junnar Quarry in 2006. There are lots of colourful, crystalline minerals in the showcase where Makki keeps his collection from around the world, but a deep-blue piece tells the story of a Pune that is millions of years old. It is a greatly prized mineral because it is so rare,” says Muhammad Fasihuddin Makki, a mineral collector based in the city. ![]() “If you go to any museum in the world and they have Cavansite, it has to be from Pune. In Pune, it is found at Wagholi, about 25 km east of the city on the Pune-Ahmednagar Road. Other quarries in the US, Brazil and New Zealand have yielded only small amounts of the mineral. Pune is considered to be the only place in the world where Cavansite is found in relatively large quantities. Although I was born and raised in Pune, I did not know that a rare stone is found in the city,” says Ghatge whose blog is called Pune Memories. ![]() When Pune-based blogger Ranjit Ghatge visited the Natural History Museum in London, he was surprised to see a magnificent turquoise-coloured crystalline rock in a glass display case at the entrance, with a plaque that said, ‘Beautiful Cavansite from Wagholi quarry of Pune, India’.
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