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Aydin, Aydın

Cine feldspar quarries

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: albite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Albite-rich Menderes massif leucocratic rocks feeding one of the world's top feldspar export districts

The Cine feldspar district is prominent in industrial mineral statistics.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

blasting, truck traffic

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