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Locality Name:
Sitía, Lasithi, Crete, Greece


mindat Locality ID: 146045
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146045.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sitía, Lasithi, Crete, Greece": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Rousa Eklissia (Roússa Ekklissia)
Stavroménos-Katsidoni Road
Sykia (Sikia)

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCarpholiteChloriteChloritoidClayCorundumMicaNonePyritePyrophyllite
QuartzRutile

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Ferrocarpholite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sudoite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16418927770
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8164186577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2164189376
Ferrocarpholite  (*)CarpholiteFe2+Al2Si2O6(OH)4264186,6418925
Graphite  (*)NoneC264186,641892812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316418814640
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2464186,64187,64188,6418917380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2164186247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216418939462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2364186,64187,64189771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2464186,64187,64188,6418961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21641885614
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)8264187,6418851


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