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:
Alphoessa Lava Flow (Aphroessa; Afroessa), Nea Kammeni Island, Santorini Caldera, Santorini Island, Thira, South Aegean, Greece

mindat Locality ID: 1939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alphoessa Lava Flow (Aphroessa; Afroessa), Nea Kammeni Island, Santorini Caldera, Santorini Island, Thira, South Aegean, Greece": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Titanite

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 Cl H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Mordenite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Titanite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Giorgiosite ()*	Halite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	138
Giorgiosite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	13
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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