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Locality Name:
Alexandroupoli, Evros, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece


mindat Locality ID: 226162
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226162.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alexandroupoli, Evros, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Aisymi (Esymi; Esimi)
Mavrokoryfi Prospect
Myli
Pagoni Rachi Prospect
Pefka
Perama Hill Deposit
Sapes Mine ("Sappes Mine")
St Barbara Prospect

Latitude: 40°58'12"N
Longitude: 25°41'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.97,25.684166666667

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb Re S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleArsenicBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteFeldsparFluoriteGermanite
KaoliniteLillianiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMillosevichiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
PyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

71 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Altaite  (*)
Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Colusite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Empressite  (*)Enargite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hinsdalite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kawazulite  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Krennerite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Millosevichite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)
Opal  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rheniite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiocolusite  (*)
Stützite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurantimony  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Watanabeite  (*)
Woodhouseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1642102793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21642123419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1642128803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O164210470
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe364214,64215,64218489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6364210,64216,64217966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1642102734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)364215,64216,6421711547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1642151966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3264209,642151935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4264212,642155516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31642141089
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2164215361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)364211,64212,6421427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1642101252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2764210,64211,64212,64214,64216,64217,6421827198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2164214162
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe164214169
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S16164214110
Copper  (*)CopperCu1642143846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS364210,64214,642154165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6164210310
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)164217481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4264216,64217651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21642119895
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe16421443
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4464214,64215,64216,64217910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4164210163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21642129617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12164210663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS764209,64210,64214,64215,64216,64217,6421824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu864210,64211,64212,64214,64215,64216,64217,6421830554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13464210,64214,64215,6421772
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316421214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te464212,64214,64215,64218804
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6264210,6421782
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31642125433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4564210,64211,64215,64216,642175591
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se16421532
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4264209,6421582
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe8164215111
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6164215128
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4364214,64215,64216198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416421214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2264210,642155674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2164215207
Millosevichite  (*)MillosevichiteAl2(SO4)316421020
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2364209,64211,642125800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2564211,64212,64215,64216,6421717380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6164210128
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O264210,642152994
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2364212,64215,64218409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2964209,64210,64211,64212,64214,64215,64216,64217,6421839462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2164217771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8264210,642129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2764209,64210,64211,64212,64215,64216,6421761156
Rheniite  (*)NoneReS21642128
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS564210,64214,64215,64216,6421721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4164215668
Stibiocolusite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13V(Sb,Sn,As)3S161642144
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)464212,64214,64215,6421892
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6164217105
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4264215,64218337
Tellurantimony  (*)TetradymiteSb2Te316421429
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe364214,64215,64218190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3164215276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13464214,64215,64216,642171803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S164215510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13664210,64214,64215,64216,64217,642185317
Watanabeite  (*)NoneCu4(As,Sb)2S5264214,642157
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6264210,6421762



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