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Lake Salda white shores

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: hydromagnesite, magnesite, look only.

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

Why this spot

Alkaline crater-like lake precipitating hydromagnesite stromatolites, a famous Mars analogue

Salda's hydromagnesite beaches are internationally studied and heavily publicized.

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