Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
West Macedonia, Greece

mindat Locality ID: 305773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Macedonia, Greece": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Grevena
Kozani
Kozani And Grevena Border Area
Kozani Basin

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.

Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Awaruite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Cuproiridsite ()*	Diopside ()*
Enstatite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Goethite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*
Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*	Laurite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganochromite ()*	Millerite ()*	Orcelite ()*
Osarsite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutheniridosmine ()*	Rutile ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Mn Ni O Os Ru S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Auricupride Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore
Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Spinel Talc Titanite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	4	64503,64507,64512,64517	166
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	64503	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	64512	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	64501,64512	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	64503	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	16	64501,64503,64504,64505,64506,64507,64508,64509,64510,64512,64513,64514,64515,64516,64517,64518	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	64503,64504,64510	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	64503	3846
Cuproiridsite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Ir³⁺Ir⁴⁺)S₄	1	64512	31
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	64503,64504	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	64503	944
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	2	64512,64517	110
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	64501	7437
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2	64503,64512	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	64501	14640
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	1	64519	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	64519	341
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	4	64504,64505,64512,64517	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	3	64504,64512,64517	162
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	7	64504,64505,64507,64509,64512,64517,64518	226
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	64519	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	64503,64504,64512	14899
Manganochromite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	64503	6
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	64503	1066
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	1	64504	36
Osarsite ()*	Arsenopyrite	OsAsS	1	64504	16
Osmium ()*	None	Os	3	64504,64517,64518	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	4	64503,64504,64507,64517	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	64504,64510	495
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	2	64504,64510	164
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	64503	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	64501	61156
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)	3	64504,64507,64517	47
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	64504,64510	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64501	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	64504,64510	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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