Mutlu et al. (2005) presented new data on the Saphane alunite deposit in western Anatolia, Turkey. The present discussion is intended both to complement their paper, incorporating in a comparison with the Saplica deposit, a larger alunite deposit in Turkey, as well as pointing out a number of problems with certain statements and interpretations made by Mutlu et al. Mutlu et al. (2005) claim that another alunite occurrence is found at Saplica, at Sebinkarahisar-Gir-esun, NE Anatolia, citing only the fairly recent work of Ozgenc (1993). However, the Saphca alunite occurrences have been known for about 500 years, and the deposits have been successfully exploited for many years (Tolun, 1947; Tuncali, 1974). Moreover, the mineralogy, alteration chemistry and mode of occurrence of this important deposit were studied in detail by Karakaya and Karakaya (2001a,b). Other significant Turkish alunite-minamiite occurrences are found at towns of Doganbey and Sadiklar, situated SSW of Konya in central Anatolia, and were described by Celik (1999) (Fig. 1). Mutlu et al. make no mention of these studies in their paper, despite the fact that Celik (1999) and Karakaya et al. (2001) have reported the most recent research on alunite ores/occurrences in Turkey and furthermore, presented much more detailed information about the occurrence of the alunite ores than Ozgenc (1993). The latter author did not report mineralogical and chemical analyses, the features of the various alteration types or the chemistry of the mineralized spring water related to the alunite occurrences or alteration minerals. The properties of the alunite deposits/occurrences and other alteration types were, however, investigated and explained in detail by Karakaya and Karakaya (2001 a,b). The latter authors did not discuss and compare the Saplica deposit to the Saphane alunite deposits because mineralogical and geochemical results from the latter are too scarce to allow for responsible comparison.
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机译：Mutlu et al。(2005)提出了新的数据在安纳托利亚西部Saphane明矾石矿床,火鸡补充他们的论文,结合与Saplica存款,更大明矾石矿床在土耳其,以及指向许多问题与某些语句艾尔。(2005)声称另一个明矾石出现发现在Saplica Sebinkarahisar-Gir-esun,安纳托利亚,只引用最近的工作Ozgenc(1993)。出现以大约500年,已成功利用存款多年来(Tolun, 1947;此外,矿物学,改变化学和模式发生的重要的存款详细研究了Karakaya和Karakaya吗(2001 a, b)。alunite-minamiite出现在城镇在安纳托利亚中部,被侯赛因(1999)(图1)。Mutlu等人没有提到的这些研究在他们的论文中,尽管最近对明矾石的研究报道矿石/事件在土耳其,此外,提供更详细的信息明矾石的发生比Ozgenc矿石(1993)。矿物学和化学分析,特性各种类型的变更或化学矿化相关的泉水明矾石出现或蚀变矿物。明矾石矿床/事件的属性然而,和其他类型的变更由Karakaya调查和详细解释和Karakaya (2001 a, b)。讨论和比较Saplica存款因为这个Saphane明矾石存款矿物学和地球化学的结果后者太稀缺允许负责任比较。
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