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Yeniköy-Kocaeli area, Şarköy, Tekirdag Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

Tectonic melange, consisting of slices of serpentinite, dolerite, diorite, blueschist and recrystallised limestone that show tectonic contacts with each other. It crops out in a narrow belt between Yeniköy and Kocaeli, several kms west of Şarköy.



References:
- Şentürk, K., and Okay, A. (1981-82): Blueschists discovered east of Saros Bay in Thrace. Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey, Foreign Edition, 97-98, 72-75.





Mineral List:
Actinolite
Albite
Augite
Biotite
'Chlorite Group'
Epidote
Glaucophane
'Hornblende'
Ilmenite
Lawsonite
Magnetite
Phengite
'Pyroxene Group'
Quartz
Stilpnomelane
Titanite


16 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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