Naxos (Nisos Naxos; Naxia) Island, Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece

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Anorthite : Ca[Al2Si2O8], Aragonite : CaCO3
	Naxos (Nisos Naxos; Naxia) Island, Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece 7.3 x 6.5 x 5.8 cm. Mineral specimens are rare indeed from the ancient emery mines at Naxos Island, Greece, mined for emery by the Classical Greeks. The vuggy matrix is probably metabauxite. A really pretty, 1.7 cm radial, starburst-like spray of lustrous, colorless aragonite prisms rests above a euhedral, glassy, tabular, 1.3 cm, partially coated ...
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Calcite : CaCO3
	Apeiranthos, Naxos (Nisos Naxos; Naxia) Island, Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece A calcite rhombohedral crystal from the calcareous mountains around Naxos mines Dimensions 6 cm x 5 cm
© Ath. Ziros 2009	Photo ID: 260453    View Count: 18
Margarite : CaAl2[(OH)2|Al2Si2O10], Emery
	Naxos Mine, Drimalia, Naxos (Nisos Naxos; Naxia) Island, Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece Red Margarite on an Emery base. A self-collected specimen from Naxos emery mines. Specimen size 8cm x 6cm.
© Ath. Ziros 2005	Photo ID: 44665    View Count: 729