Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Limassol District (Lemesos District; Limasol District; Leymosun District), Cyprus

mindat Locality ID: 29599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Limassol District (Lemesos District; Limasol District; Leymosun District), Cyprus": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chrysohu Bay
Mount Olympus
Pevkos (Pefkos)
Pyrgos
Troodos Mountain Range

Latitude: 34°56'29"N
Longitude: 32°52'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.941388888889,32.866666666667

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.

Analcime	Auricupride	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Molybdenite	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Valleriite

Analcime ()*	Antigorite ()*	Auricupride ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Oregonite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Troilite ()*
Valleriite ()*

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 Au Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Auricupride Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Molybdenite None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Valleriite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	46094	1627
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	46092	708
Auricupride ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Cu₃Au	1	46093	24
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	46093	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	46093,46096	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	46093	966
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	46093	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	46093	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1	46093	161
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	46093	5800
Oregonite ()*	None	FeNi₂As₂	1	46093	5
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	46093	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	46093	1512
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	46093	21482
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	46093	1044
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	46093	237

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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