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Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Tergi valley zeolite pockets
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: chabazite, stilbite, amygdule fills.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Amygdaloidal andesites of the Kazbegi volcanic pile weathering out zeolite-lined vesicles
Zeolite occurrences in the Kazbegi volcanics are noted in Caucasus mineral surveys.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
rockfallHigh mountain weather, border proximity
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