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Locality Name:
Avissalos (Avyssalos; Avessalos; Aghriomelisa Mountain), Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece


mindat Locality ID: 215527
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215527.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avissalos (Avyssalos; Avessalos; Aghriomelisa Mountain), Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Quartz Occurrences
Slag Locality

Latitude: 37°9'50"N
Longitude: 24°26'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.163888888889,24.437222222222

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteChalcanthiteConnelliteCorundumDiasporeGarnetGypsum
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nantokite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Spangolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31644121534
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3164413544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16441311547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61644131633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O164413925
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1644133531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O164413295
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1644132970
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1644137437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1644136890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6164412741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316441214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216441312537
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl16441335
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216441261156
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O164413105



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