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Locality Name:
Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece


mindat Locality ID: 10642
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10642.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Kyria Apolithomeni
Megalonissi Island (Nisiopi)
Mytilene
Mytilene Mine
Saratsina
Sigri
Stipsi Prospect

Latitude: 39°11'13"N
Longitude: 26°3'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.186944444444,26.059166666667

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: Ag Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNonePolybasite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alunite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21643423419
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6164342966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31643421935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)264341,6434227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216434227198
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4164342163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16434224243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41643425591
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1643371487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416434214899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21643425800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216434217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1643362994
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]164342716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216434239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2264341,6434261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16434221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131643425317



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