Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c11.s6.t17: Tachylite

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It is a basaltic or ultra-basaltic glass, and accompaines dykes in the Deccan Trap. The specimens found at Mohenjo-Daro may have come from any part of the Deccan Trap area as for instance, the Kathiawar peninsula or central India.