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Mugla, Muğla
Pinarcik diaspore mine, Ilbir Mountains
Gem locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
MarblesAlso reported: diaspore, margarite, corundum.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Metabauxite lenses in marble yielding the world's only gem diaspore, mined commercially since the 1980s
Widely documented as the sole source of color-change gem diaspore sold as Zultanite.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
active mine workingsRemote forest tracks
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