Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vourinos Mt Ophiolite Complex, Kozani And Grevena Border Area, West Macedonia, Greece

mindat Locality ID: 25966
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25966.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vourinos Mt Ophiolite Complex, Kozani And Grevena Border Area, West Macedonia, Greece": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Aetoraches Mine
Agriatses Deposit
Frourio Mine
Kissavos Deposit
Konivoy Mine
Koursurnia Deposit
Motsali Area
Pontini And Chromion Area
Potamia Mine
Rizo Mine
Skoumtsa Mine
Tsouka Mine
Voidolakkos
Vourinos Mine (Burinos)

Latitude: 40°4'59"N
Longitude: 21°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.083055555556,21.75

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.

Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite

Awaruite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Cuproiridsite ()*	Diopside ()*
Enstatite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*
Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganochromite ()*	Millerite ()*	Orcelite ()*
Osarsite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutheniridosmine ()*	Rutile ()*	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 As C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Mn Ni O Os Ru S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cr Cu Fe Mg Mn Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Auricupride Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Millerite Nickeline
None Pentlandite Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Titanite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	3	64507,64512,64517	166
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	64512	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	64512	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	14	64504,64505,64506,64507,64508,64509,64510,64512,64513,64514,64515,64516,64517,64518	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	64504,64510	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Cuproiridsite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Ir³⁺Ir⁴⁺)S₄	1	64512	31
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	64504	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0		944
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	2	64512,64517	110
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	64512	205
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	4	64504,64505,64512,64517	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	3	64504,64512,64517	162
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	7	64504,64505,64507,64509,64512,64517,64518	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	64504,64512	14899
Manganochromite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		6
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	0		1066
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	1	64504	36
Osarsite ()*	Arsenopyrite	OsAsS	1	64504	16
Osmium ()*	None	Os	3	64504,64517,64518	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3	64504,64507,64517	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	64504,64510	495
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	2	64504,64510	164
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)	3	64504,64507,64517	47
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	64504,64510	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	64504,64510	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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