Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Melilitic Skarn Occurrence, Maronia, Rhodope, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 203674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203674.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melilitic Skarn Occurrence, Maronia, Rhodope, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Garnet	Mica	None	Pectolite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Sodalite
Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Garnet Mica None Pectolite Perovskite Pyroxene Sodalite
Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Grossular ()*	Pectolite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	64	60	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	64	60	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	64	60	4135
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	64	60	1544
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	64	60	363
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	64	60	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	64	60	2273
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	64	60	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	64	60	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	64	60	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	64	60	1247

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_006	64	60	62	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			42868	Rhodope, East Macedonia And Thrace, Greece	[Kimi Complex]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

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