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Gordes clinoptilolite pits
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What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: clinoptilolite, mordenite, altered tuff.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Neogene lake tuffs altered to high-grade clinoptilolite, mined in open pits
Gordes is Turkey's best-known zeolite mining district in industrial minerals literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
pit walls, dust
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