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Locality Name:
Paranesti, Drama, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece


mindat Locality ID: 106917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paranesti, Drama, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ruby Occurrence

Latitude: 41°17'2"N
Longitude: 24°26'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.283888888889,24.433888888889

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O P Pb Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAutuniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSpinelZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Autunite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)Hercynite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Margarite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Quartz  (*)Renardite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1642031036
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81642031756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1642031025
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O0566
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31642031797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1642038173
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4164203407
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41642031507
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2164203168
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216420317380
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2164203313
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Renardite  (*)NonePb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4·7H2O07
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51642031516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41642031934
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718



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