Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santorini Island, Thira, South Aegean, Greece

mindat Locality ID: 106973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106973.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santorini Island, Thira, South Aegean, Greece": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Akrotiri
Kolumbo Submarine Volcano
Santorini Caldera
Theoskepasti

Latitude: 36°26'1"N
Longitude: 25°26'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.433611111111,25.446388888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Coquimbite	Corundum	Cristobalite
Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite	Mica	Minium	Mordenite	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group
Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Caracolite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Drugmanite ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Galena ()*
Giorgiosite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lindqvistite ()*	Litharge ()*
Magnetoplumbite ()*	Minium ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Opal ()*
Orpiment ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhomboclase ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tamarugite ()*
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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Coquimbite Corundum Cristobalite
Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite Mica Minium Mordenite Nolanite None Not in a structural group
Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Sulphur Tamarugite Titanite

41 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)	1	64461	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	64464	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	64464	272
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	64465	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	64462	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	64461	27770
Caracolite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Pb₂Na)(SO₄)₃Cl	1	64461	20
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	64461	4979
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	64464	136
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	64464	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	64461	9895
Drugmanite ()*	None	Pb₂Fe³⁺(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	1	64461	4
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	64465	138
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	64463	86
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	64462	24243
Giorgiosite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	64465	13
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	64462,64464	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	64461,64465	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	64461,64464	14640
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	64461	201
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	64461	367
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	64464	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	64461,64464	5591
Lindqvistite ()*	None	Pb₂Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₁₆O₂₇	1	64461	3
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	1	64461	139
Magnetoplumbite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	PbFe³⁺₁₂O₁₉	1	64461	7
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	64461	247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64461	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	64464	128
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	64464	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	64462	511
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	64461	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	64462	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	64461,64464	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	64462	712
Rhomboclase ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₅O₂)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	64464	53
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	64461	598
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	64462	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	64464	2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	64464	87
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	64465	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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