Zultanite
Sign in to savethumb|Zultanite rough crystal and gemstones Zultanite is a gem variety of the mineral diaspore, mined in the İlbir Mountains of southwest Turkey at an elevation of over 4,000 feet. The mineral's name is a trade name and is equivalent to the trade name Csarite.
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thumb|Zultanite rough crystal and gemstones Zultanite is a gem variety of the mineral diaspore, mined in the İlbir Mountains of southwest Turkey at an elevation of over 4,000 feet. The mineral's name is a trade name and is equivalent to the trade name Csarite.
Turkey is the only place where the gem quality material has been found, and at the Ilbir Dağ deposit it has been "formed in open spaces by hydrothermal remobilization of bauxite components". The gem quality material was first discovered in the early 1980s.