Balikesir, Balıkesir
Balya lead-zinc mine dumps
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: galena, sphalerite, realgar, orpiment.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Polymetallic veins mined since antiquity, a major Ottoman and French-era lead camp with huge old dumps
Balya is a named classic of Turkish mining history with collector-known arsenic sulfides.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
lead and arsenic dustRealgar toxicity, unstable workings
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