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Locality Name:
Andros, South Aegean, Greece


mindat Locality ID: 24969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Andros, South Aegean, Greece": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Vasilikon Mt
Vitali Mine

Latitude: 37°54'59"N
Longitude: 24°49'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.916388888889,24.833055555556

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Fe H Mg Mn O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleAndalusiteArdenniteBrauniteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCoronadite
CorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMicaNonePumpellyitePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RutileTitanite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Abswurmbachite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ardennite-(As)  (*)Barroisite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celsian  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cymrite  (*)
Deerite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Jadeite  (*)Kanonaite  (*)Manganiandrosite-(La)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sursassite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Abswurmbachite  (*)BrauniteCu2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1643684
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21643703419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1643708803
Ardennite-(As)  (*)ArdenniteMn2+4Al4(AlMg)(AsO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)6034
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)216437049
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)364368,64369,64370483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16437027770
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)164370100
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81643681756
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O16437046
Deerite  (*)NoneFe2+6Fe3+3(Si6O17)O3(OH)5027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61643704135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1643708173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316437014640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16264368,64370243
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6164370154
Kanonaite  (*)AndalusiteMn3+AlOSiO41643679
Manganiandrosite-(La)  (*)Allanite EpidoteMnLa(Mn3+AlMn2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1643692
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216437017380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6164370229
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)264368,64370260
Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Mn2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O16436715
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2264368,6437061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1643691711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)164369969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2264368,643705614
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)216436871
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3264369,643701214
Sursassite  (*)ArdenniteMn2+2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)316436824
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1643681101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1643704899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21643702562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1643701025



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