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Vanadinite from
Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey


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Vanadinite, etc.

Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
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Vanadinite, etc.

Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
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Vanadinite

Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
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Vanadinite, etc.

Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
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Vanadinite, etc.

Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
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Vanadinite, etc.

Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
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Vanadinite

Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
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Vanadinite, etc.

Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
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Vanadinite, etc.

Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
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Vanadinite, etc.

Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
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Vanadinite

Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
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Vanadinite, etc.

Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vanadinite
Formula:Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Comments:only found in a cave between the overlying dolomite marble
and the sericite calc-schist at the bottom, 250 m due N
of the Nimriyasligi summer camping site on the W bank of the
Firat river.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Descloizite9
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vanadinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Keban Mine, Keban District, Elazığ Province, Turkey
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11528
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11528:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Kines, M. T. (1969). The geology and the ore mineralization in the Keban area, east Turkey (Doctoral dissertation, Durham University).
 
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