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Locality Name:
Santorini Caldera, Santorini Island, Thira, South Aegean, Greece


mindat Locality ID: 274910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santorini Caldera, Santorini Island, Thira, South Aegean, Greece": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nea Kammeni Island

Latitude: 36°23'44"N
Longitude: 25°27'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.395555555556,25.459166666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousClayCoquimbiteCorundumCristobaliteGypsumKaoliniteMordeniteNolanite
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltSulphurTamarugiteTitanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Epistilbite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Giorgiosite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Opal  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6164464966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O164464272
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1644651588
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O164464136
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2164464453
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O164465138
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)2086
Giorgiosite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O16446513
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1644646890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1644651398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316446414640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61644642228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41644645591
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6164464128
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1644642994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216446461156
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O16446453
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1644642045
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O16446487
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1644654899



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