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


mindat Locality ID: 106915
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106915.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Alphoessa Lava Flow (Aphroessa; Afroessa)

Latitude: 36°24'17"N
Longitude: 25°23'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.404722222222,25.3975
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: Al Ca Fe H K Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousClayCoquimbiteCorundumCristobaliteGypsumKaoliniteMordeniteNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltSulphurTamarugiteTitanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Epistilbite  (*)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)60966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1644651588
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O164465138
Giorgiosite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O16446513
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1644651398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)60128
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O053
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O087
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1644654899


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