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Locality Name:
Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece


mindat Locality ID: 1938
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1938.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Cape Vani (Vani Deposit)
Chondro Vouno
Firlingo
Fyriplaka
Galana Mine
Kalamavros
Mílos Mine
Paliochori Beach (Paleochori Beach)
Phyriplaka Volcano
Profitis Ilias Au Deposit
South-east Coast
Triades Mine
White Smoker Occurrence
Zephyria

Latitude: 36°41'37"N
Longitude: 24°24'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.693611111111,24.402222222222

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H K Na O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteLawsonite
LepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMetavoltineMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartz
RamsdelliteRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteStilpnomelaneSulphurTamarugiteTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Cotunnite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Ferro-glaucophane  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Vernadite  (*)Watanabeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1644028803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6464397,64401,64403,64405966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O164401272
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3164395544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2264398,644055509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)964394,64395,64398,64399,64400,64401,64403,64405,6440611547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O164394178
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4264403,644055516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1644034979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1644035707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2464395,64398,64403,6440527198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl264395,644031382
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16164406227
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl216440554
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS264403,644054165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16164406599
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S264403,644051027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4264398,64405910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4164405163
Ferro-glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Al2)Si8O22(OH)216440226
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS464395,64398,64403,6440524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)264394,644037437
Gold  (*)CopperAu264395,6440330554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316439514640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16164406243
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI164403180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61643952228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4364401,64403,644055591
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O164402121
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)164403581
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1643971487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2364395,64398,6440512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2264403,644055674
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O078
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1644031508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2664395,64401,64402,64403,64405,6440617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O364395,64401,644032994
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6164395158
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]164405249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]164405716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3164405733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31644051425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2564395,64398,64401,64403,6440539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2264394,644063106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2764394,64395,64396,64398,64401,64403,6440561156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2264394,6440688
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10164406312
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS464395,64398,64403,6440521482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O164402456
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS564396,64397,64401,64405,644072045
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O16440487
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13264398,644051803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1644031101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13364398,64403,644055317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O164406433
Vernadite  (*)None(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O16440665
Watanabeite  (*)NoneCu4(As,Sb)2S51644057



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