Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North Aegean, Greece

Oldest recorded age at locality: 54
Youngest recorded age at locality: 51

mindat Locality ID: 250063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Aegean, Greece": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chios
Icaria
Lesbos
Limnos
Samos

Latitude: 39°29'57"N
Longitude: 25°37'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.499166666667,25.625555555556

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Crichtonite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Enargite
Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Mordenite	None
Not in a structural group	Parisite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Staurolite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tivanite	Tridymite	Wurtzite
Zircon

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K La Li Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bastnäsite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Crichtonite Cristobalite Diaspore Enargite
Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Mordenite None
Not in a structural group Parisite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Staurolite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite Tivanite Tridymite Wurtzite
Zircon

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*
Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Colemanite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gramaccioliite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Margarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Niter ()*	Opal ()*	Paragonite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*
Petzite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pseudorutile ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thénardite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Ulexite ()*
Zincohögbomite-2N2S ()*	Zincostaurolite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	64342	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	64348	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	54	51	1	64344	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	54	51	2	64342,64344	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	64348	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	64332	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	54	51	1	64344	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	54	51	1	64344	11547
Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Bastnäsite	La(CO₃)F			1	64351	30
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	64342	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	54	51	1	64344	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	54	51	1	64344	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	54	51	6	64341,64342,64344,64347,64348,64351	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	64348	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	54	51	3	64331,64342,64344	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			4	64332,64347,64350,64351	376
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	64331	2600
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O			1	64348	144
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈			1	64347	181
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			2	64332,64350	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	64331	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	64348	453
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			3	64347,64350,64351	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	64348	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	54	51	1	64344	910
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	64348	484
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄			1	64342	163
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			3	64332,64347,64350	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	54	51	2	64342,64344	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	54	51	1	64344	30554
Gramaccioliite-(Y) ()*	Crichtonite	(Pb,Sr)(Y,Mn)Fe³⁺₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)₁₈O₃₈			1	64351	9
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	64348	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	64352	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	54	51	5	64332,64344,64347,64350,64351	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	54	51	1	64344	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	64332,64350	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	54	51	5	64342,64344,64347,64350,64351	5591
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	64333	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	64337	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	54	51	2	64342,64344	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	64331,64348	5674
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂			3	64332,64347,64350	168
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	54	51	3	64342,64344,64345	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	64351	945
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			2	64346,64348	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	54	51	6	64342,64344,64345,64348,64350,64351	17380
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)			1	64352	181
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			3	64336,64348,64352	2994
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	64347,64350	247
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂			1	64351	112
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	54	51	1	64344	409
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	64342	716
Pseudorutile ()*	Tivanite	Fe³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉			1	64332	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	54	51	5	64331,64342,64344,64345,64348	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	64347	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	54	51	8	64331,64332,64333,64341,64342,64344,64345,64348	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			4	64332,64347,64350,64351	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	64332	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	54	51	2	64342,64344	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	64350	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	64350	978
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	64331	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	64348	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl			1	64352	275
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	54	51	1	64344	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	54	51	2	64342,64344	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			1	64348	299
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	64332	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	64348	458
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O			1	64348	160
Zincohögbomite-2N2S ()*	None	(Zn,Al,Fe)₃(Al,Fe,Ti)₈O₁₅(OH)			2	64347,64350	3
Zincostaurolite ()*	Staurolite	Zn₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	64347	6
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	64332	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00312	54	51	54–51									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Hessite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Petzite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	205936	Fakos Cu-Au Deposit, Limnos, North Aegean, Greece	Fakos	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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