Is it legal to collect at Oltu: black jet workshops of Erzurum?

Open. Buying carved Oltu stone at Oltu town workshops or the Tashan bazaar in Erzurum is the lane; the village quarries are privately worked pits at 1,600-1,800 m, not open to casual digging without an invitation

What can you find at Oltu: black jet workshops of Erzurum?

Oltu jet prayer beads, rings and pipes (buy), rough jet chunks from workshop bins; test authenticity: it streaks chocolate brown on unglazed porcelain

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Black jet workshops of Erzurum

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Trade beads

Clay pipe stems

Sea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Unknown (CC BY 4.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Oltu stone, a carvable jet called black amber, is dug from about 600 small quarries in villages northeast of Oltu town and carved into prayer beads and jewelry sold across Erzurum

Wikipedia documents the quarry villages (Tutlu Dagi, Alatarla, Hankaskisla, Cataksu) and sales in Erzurum's city-centre market; live workshop hours not verified