Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rethymnon, Crete, Greece

mindat Locality ID: 146046
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146046.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kerames
Mt Ida (Tsiloritis)
Sisses

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

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Calcite	Carpholite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Diaspore	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rutile

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 O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Carpholite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Diaspore Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Diaspore ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*
Goethite ()*	Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	64193	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	64192	577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	64192	376
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	64194	481
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	1	64192	25
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	64194	7437
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	MgAl₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	1	64194	23
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	64192,64194	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	64194	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64194	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	64192,64193	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	64194	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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