Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Larnaca District (Larnaka District; İskele District), Cyprus

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 29759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Larnaca District (Larnaka District; İskele District), Cyprus": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Athilenari
Avhellero (Avdellero)
Kalavasso
Kornos
Troulloi (Troulli)

Latitude: 34°56'27"N
Longitude: 33°29'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.940833333333,33.488888888889

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.

Allophane	Analcime	Aragonite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gmelinite	Harmotome	Heulandite	Mica
Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stilbite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Gmelinite-Ca ()*	Gmelinite-Na ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*
Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Aragonite Calcite Chabazite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gmelinite Harmotome Heulandite Mica
Mordenite Natrolite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stilbite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	46081	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			2	46081,46082	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	100	100	1	46089	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	46081	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	100	100	1	46089	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	3	46081,46082,46089	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	46087	309
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	100	100	1	46089	66
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	100	100	1	46088	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	2	46081,46084	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	46081	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	46081	1756
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O			1	46081	33
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	46081	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	46081	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	100	100	1	46089	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100	100	2	46081,46089	8173
Gmelinite-Ca ()*	Gmelinite	Ca₂(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	100	100	2	46081,46089	20
Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gmelinite	Na₄(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O			1	46081	25
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	100	100	2	46081,46088	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	46081	14640
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			1	46081	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	100	100	3	46081,46082,46089	1236
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O			1	46081	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	2	46081,46084	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	46081	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	2	46081,46089	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	46081	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	1	46084	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	100	100	1	46089	189
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	46081	433

2 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
	vms-00453	145	66	Cretaceous											28154	Kalavassos Mines (Kalavasson Madeni), Kalavasso, Larnaca District (Larnaka District; İskele District), Cyprus	Mousoulos-Kalavasos	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	vms-00459	100	100	Cretaceous										S	211175	Troulloi (Troulli), Larnaca District (Larnaka District; İskele District), Cyprus	Troulli	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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