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Zakarpattia Oblast, Transcarpathia

Sokyrnytsia zeolite quarry

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

OpalOpal

Also reported: clinoptilolite tuff.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dpulitzer (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Clinoptilolite tuff bed quarried at scale, one of Europe's largest zeolite pits

Sokyrnytsia zeolite is widely cited in industrial and environmental literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

dust, benches

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