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Bursa, Bursa Province

Uludag tungsten mine

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: scheelite, epidote (viewing old workings).

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

Why this spot

Scheelite skarn near the summit of Bithynian Olympus, mined 1974-1989

Documented in Turkish economic geology, dumps known to mineral collectors.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

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