Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sifnos, Milos, South Aegean, Greece

mindat Locality ID: 305771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sifnos, Milos, South Aegean, Greece": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sifnos Island

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

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica
None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*
Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Deerite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferro-glaucophane ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Quartz ()*
Titanite ()*	Winchite ()*

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 Au C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica
None Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Titanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	64422	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	64423	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	64422	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	64422	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	64422	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	64422	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	64422	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	64422	1025
Deerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅	1	64422	27
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	64422	8173
Ferro-glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	64422	26
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	64422	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	64421	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	64422	14640
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	2	64422,64423	154
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	64422	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	64422,64423	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	64423	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64422	247
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	64421,64422	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	64422	4899
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	64422	51

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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