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Locality Name:
Heraklion, Crete, Greece


mindat Locality ID: 146043
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146043.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heraklion, Crete, Greece": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Aghia Pelaghia (Agia Pelagia)
Heraklion (Iraklion)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CarpholiteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMicaNone
PyrophylliteQuartzRutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Epidote  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnesiocarpholite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1641788803
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8164180577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2164180376
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81641801756
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1641788173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316418014640
Magnesiocarpholite  (*)CarpholiteMgAl2Si2O6(OH)416418023
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216418017380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2164180247
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2164180771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2264178,6418061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21641805614



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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