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走进印度：绿色鱼眼石
New find of Green Apophyllite in Aurangabad in India.
We are all familiar with the fact that the State of Maharashtra in India is very rich in
Various kinds of colourful Zeolites .Cavities of very attractive specimens of Stilbites, Scolecites, Heulandites are found in many quarries and also in the wells when they dig rock for making a well to get water for farming. The contractors who dig well for the farmers go down as deep as 100 feet blasting and excavating rock till they find a source of water in the form of subterranean flow .Also as they go deep they find water seeping into the well from the porous and fractured layers of the rock in the wall of the well .
The specimen production in the quarries is sporadic and limited because the quarry owners prefer to work and mine the black Basalt rock which is in demand for construction purposes. The rock with the Zeolitic Mineralization is avoided as useless. But sometimes the Zeolite cavities are found in zeolitic basalt layer which Intrudes in the mass of black basalt which is also known as Deccan Trap. For large scale quarrying this zeolitic rock also has to be excavated and removed.
印度绿色鱼眼石矿洞
The number of wells dug every year far out number the stone quarries. Therefore
There are more chances of finding Zeolite cavities in wells than in quarries .For this reason the second and third generation Runners prefer to look and search for wells than stone quarries.
From 1970 till 1989 I was mining for the Green Apophyllite at the world famous quarries of Pashan Pune (Poona)
In 1990 I discovered a well with green Apophyllite near Shingway in Ahmednagar district .This well produced a huge amount of green Apophyllite . After this the runners turned their attention to wells from quarries on which all their specimen collection activity centered until then.
My second big and spectacular find was in late 2001 at Momin Akhada near Rahuri town 40 kms from the city of Ahmednagar. This ball shaped green Apophyllite created a sensation in the mineral shows all over the world. It was grabbed by the collectors and the public in all shows .It was highlighted in a beautiful poster at the St.Marie Aux Mines Show in 2002.
In my 45 years of mineral collection activities I have found that such big and beautiful cavities are found once in 5 to 7 years. Very beautiful and colourful specimens are found in quarries and wells in some of the following districts of Maharashtra State in India.
Pune District, pronounced Poonay (Formerly Poona ) Green ,White and Pink Apophyllite, White Stilbite, Mesolite, Cavansite ,Pentagonite.
Nasik District :- Pink Apophyllite ,Pink Stilbite, Scolecite, Powellite .
Ahmednagar District: -- Green Apophyllite, Stilbite, Scolecite ,Powellite ,Heulandite .
Jalgaon District :-- Clear Apophyllite , Pink Stilbite ,Green Apophyllite ,
Thane District ( Thanay ) Scolecite, Apophyllite ,Chabazite,Stilbite
Mumbai ( Bombay) city Quarries :-- Okenite ,Gyrolite, Prehnite, Calcite ,Babbingtonite ,Ugawarallite
Raigad District :-- Stilbite, Scolecite, Apophyllite ,
Aurangabad District: -- Green Apophyllite, Stilbite,Scolecite ,Calcite.
Having come to Aurangabad District let me tell you about a recent find of a very big cavity of green Apophyllite which I and my son Sami Makki worked in April, May and June this year. It was in may 2006 that some runners found a cavity of Green Apophyllite in a well near Bidkin a town about 20 kms south of Aurangabad city. The runners worked in a haphazard way without much expertise and necessary tools .These were novice runners from Ajanta village ,Ajanta is famous for its Buddhist frescoes and temple carvings which are about 1000 years old .These runners sell these specimens to tourists who visit these Ajanta Caves.
The novice runners brought the green Apophyllite specimens to Ajanta village where they stayed . Soon the news about the big cavity spread in the village and other seasoned and experienced runners flocked to the well of green Apophyllite in Bidkin . They were successful in taking out some material but there were more damaged specimens and the quantity of undamaged specimens was small because of the difficult working conditions and lack of necessary equipment .
There are about 100 runners living in Ajanta village and even though most of them are related to each other there is rivalry and competition when it comes to specimen collection and business.
Before they could work systematically and take out more specimens the monsoon rains started and the well was fast filling up with water. With the rainy season setting in , it was impossible to pump out the water from hundred feet deep well to work the cavity.It was in march this year that these runners decided once again to take out green Apophyllite from the well in Bidkin . Because of the rivalry, competition and discord they were quarrelling again about who should work the well .They formed groups and threatened each other.
Soon there were quarrels, and disharmony among them because of the green Apophyllite well.
The elders of the village intervened, and pacified, and dissuaded them from quarreling .It was decided that no one will work on the well till an amicable solution was found. The solution was not near but what was near and looming was the monsoon season which brings torrential rains to India and much of south east Asia. The monsoon season starts in June .The rainy season lasts for 4 months June to September.
The elders of the village after much deliberations called a meeting of the runners and
Proposed to them to let Makkis work the well. They decided to let me work the well
For a certain sum of money. There was disagreement on many points but they all agreed on one point that monsoon rains are weeks away and they will lose the well to the rains for one year again. They finally decided to let me work.
Soon after that I along with my son Sami Makki made all preparations, obtained necessary permissions, put together our team of experienced workers .brought in necessary tools and equipment and fitted a crane on the mouth of the well to send down and haul up men and loads of material. Sami is well experienced now that he is accompanying me to field work for the past 10 years.
We were in the midst of the summer .The dusty plains of Peninsular India are known to
Get temperatures up to 45 degrees Celsius in summer. When we were working the temperature was 43 degrees. The blazing sun and sweltering heat was baking the nearby fields around the well. Strange as it may sound the bottom of the well was dark and cool.. When we, father and son team descended into the well we were amazed at the sight of an enormous cavity of green Apophyllite. The well had been dug into the middle of the cavity which was running East West .
When we stood in the middle of the well we found two huge openings of the cavity opposite each other.
It was dark in the well and there was no water except for a small puddle. We found huge blocks and slabs covered with green Apophyllite extending into dark recesses of the cavity.
The floor of the cavity was covered with thick carpet of Apophyllite crystals.
The roof of the cavity was having reddish, brownish matrix with long crystals of green Apophyllite.
As we prepared to start excavation work we saw that there were bats flying in and out of the cavity and the well. The bats were chirping as they flew as if protesting and cursing us at our trespassing of their calm and cool environs .There were frogs too in the puddles and they would croak in chorus as the evening approached.
Sadly the bats and frogs became scarce as our work progressed. We also found that a pair of graceful Mongoose were always moving in the bushes in a dry creek near the well.
In the month of April May and June we worked frantically and tried to take out as many specimens of green Apophyllite as possible before the fury of the monsoon rains . When we fished our excavation work we gathered all our men and equipment ,
And started back for Pune our hometown .On our way back home we were greeted by heavy rains as if the nature was waiting to let us finish our work.
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