Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Naxos, South Aegean, Greece

mindat Locality ID: 305758
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305758.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Naxos, South Aegean, Greece": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Amorgos
Naxos Island

Latitude: 37°1'59"N
Longitude: 25°34'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.033055555556,25.583055555556

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrophyllite	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel	Staurolite	Tourmaline

Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Margarite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chloritoid Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrophyllite Rutile Sapphirine Spinel Staurolite Tourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	64431	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	64431	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	64432	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	64431	376
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	64431	3531
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	3	64431,64432,64434	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	64431	481
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	64431	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	64431	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	64431,64432,64434	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64431	168
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64431	771
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	64431	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	64431	129
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	64431	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	64431	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	64431	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	64431	978
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	64431	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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