Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Chania, Crete, Greece

mindat Locality ID: 53411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chania, Crete, Greece": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Kandanos (Kantanos)
Kissamos
Lakkoi (Lakki)
Nopigia
Palea Roumata (Palaiá Roúmata)
Prases
Ravdhoúkha (Rawdoucha)

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.

Carpholite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum	Mica	None	Quartz
Rutile

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Carpholite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Corundum Feldspar Gypsum Mica None Quartz
Rutile

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	64171	8803
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	64173	577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	3	64172,64173,64176	376
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	64172	1756
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	64172,64176	14640
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	MgAl₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	2	64170,64172	23
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	64172,64173,64176	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	64173,64176	247
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	64168,64170,64172,64173,64175,64176	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	64172	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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