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Diyarbakir, Diyarbakır Province

Ergani copper mine

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: malachite, azurite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Anatolian copper worked at Maden since the Bronze Age, later a state open pit

Documented ancient and modern mining district in Anatolian archaeometallurgy.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

pit slopes, regional security checks

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