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Locality Name:
Kato Vrontou, Kato Nevrokopi Basin, Drama, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece


mindat Locality ID: 278173
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278173.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kato Vrontou, Kato Nevrokopi Basin, Drama, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kresti Hill

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFluoriteGarnetMalachiteNone
PyriteQuartzSerpentineSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
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)31642011534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4164201708
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16420127770
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81642011756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1642011025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1642018173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21642019617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31642011544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316420114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416420114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216420112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216420139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216420161156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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