Tuesday, 8 February 2022

THE AMAZING GEO-HERITAGE OF RAJASTHAN


Mines in Rajasthan such as the lead-zinc mines of Zawar, Rajpura-Dariba,& Rampura-Agucha supply India’s industrial sector with invaluable raw materials.

During Bronze Age, Gold (18000 BC) & Copper (12000 BC) were used, Carbon dating of burnt wood shows that Zinc smelting happened 3040 ± 150 years ago

There is another well known rock in Rajasthan from the time of the Dinosaurs, the yellow limestone of Jaisalmer
Quarrying has been going on for decades and it is commonly marketed as “Yellow Marble”; Yellow limestone has good demand in the markets of countries in the Middle East, Taiwan, Morocco, USA, Europe, Australia, Africa, & New Zealand.

It is mostly used in making tiles, hotel counters, statues, furniture, mausoleums etc.

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