Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Crete, Greece

mindat Locality ID: 47598
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47598.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crete, Greece": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chania
Heraklion
Lasithi
Peleochora
Rethymnon

Latitude: 35°13'38"N
Longitude: 23°40'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.227222222222,23.678333333333

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.

Calcite	Carpholite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Gypsum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rutile

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carpholite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Diaspore ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sudoite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Carpholite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Gypsum Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rutile

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	64171,64178	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	64189,64190,64193	27770
Carpholite ()*	Carpholite	Mn²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	0		25
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	5	64173,64180,64183,64186,64192	577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	6	64172,64173,64176,64180,64189,64192	376
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	64172,64180	1756
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	64194	481
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	64178,64190	8173
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	3	64186,64189,64192	25
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	64194	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	64186,64189	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	64167	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	64172,64176,64180,64188	14640
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	MgAl₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	4	64170,64172,64180,64194	23
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	11	64172,64173,64176,64180,64183,64186,64187,64188,64189,64192,64194	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	64173,64176,64180,64186	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	64189,64194	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	6	64180,64183,64186,64187,64189,64194	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	64168,64170,64172,64173,64175,64176,64178,64180,64183,64186,64187,64188,64189,64190,64192,64193	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	64172,64180,64188,64194	5614
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	2	64187,64188	51

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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