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Nevsehir, Nevşehir Province
Urgup zeolitized tuff quarries
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
OpalAlso reported: clinoptilolite tuff, volcanic glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dpulitzer (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Cappadocian ignimbrites altered to zeolite-rich tuff, cut for building stone around Urgup
Zeolitization of the Urgup tuffs is described in Turkish geological survey work.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
quarry faces, tourist-area scrutiny
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