The authors are highly grateful to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt of India, for the financial support [MoES/P.O.(Seismo)/1(374)/2019] and Dr. Sukanta Roy, Project Director, MoES-BGRL, Karad, for providing samples. Authors are overwhelmed with the cooperation of Dr. Adrita Chaudhuri, Dr. Arvind Singh, Dr. Gurumurthy G.P. and Mr. Faizan for their support in analyses. Sincere gratitude to the Present and former Directors of BSIP, Lucknow, and AcSIR, Ghaziabad, for the necessary facilities.