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East Java

Tulungagung marble and onyx district

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

MarblesMarbles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Crystalline limestone of the Southern Mountains quarried and carved at Besole since the colonial era

Indonesia's best-known marble craft district, documented in regional geology.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

quarry faces, saw sheds

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