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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 mineralsAlso 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.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.