turkey
Asia/Europe — 783,562 km²
Capital: Ankara
1 specimen in collection
Notable mining localities
Principal mineralogical sites associated with collector specimens. Yellow dot indicates an endemic species — found exclusively or in world-class quality at this locality.
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Pinarcik (İlbir Mountains), Milas Muğla endemicDiaspore (color-change gem, branded zultanite and csarite), Muscovite, Chloritoid, Hematite : the classic locality, gem and crystallized diaspore mined commercially nowhere else in the world
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Eskişehir sepiolite deposits EskişehirSepiolite (meerschaum) : historic world standard for carving-grade meerschaum
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Kütahya fire opal fields KütahyaOpal (fire opal) : long-worked Anatolian fire opal deposits
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Büyük Menderes Basin AydınSmoky Quartz, Amethyst : crystals in the Menderes metamorphic massif
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Çanakkale chalcedony occurrences ÇanakkaleBlue Chalcedony, Agate : gem-grade blue chalcedony
Notable locality
Endemic or exclusive world-class locality
