Timna Park: ancient copper mines and Eilat stone

Where: Middle East · Asia · approx. 29.79, 34.99 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: copper mined here since the 6th-5th millennium BCE (the 'King Solomon's mines' district); malachite-chrysocolla Eilat stone is Israel's national stone, and the valley is now a nature reserve park

What turns up: eyes-only: green copper-stained sandstone, ancient smelting camps, Chalcolithic mine shafts, Solomon's Pillars; buy Eilat stone jewelry legally in shops

Access: Restricted.

Nature reserve and antiquities area, entrance fee: collecting stones or ore is not permitted; the sanctioned take-home is the colored-sand bottle activity, and Eilat stone jewelry is sold in park and Eilat shops

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.