Having just visited the Topkapi Palace and seen the jewel encrusted bling that was given by, and received by, the Ottoman Sultans this green stone seems a bit miserly of Ramses II as a gift to the Hittites. Cath thinks it looks like Kryptonite and so this could be the source of the Superman stories.

The moth and the mineral licking blue butterrflies were all seen in the park above the thermal springs; just a few of the myriad of lepidoptera seen on this walk up the hillside and ample compensation for the lack of vultures.