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Syros Island (Syra), Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece

Σύρος, Κυκλάδες, Ελλάδα

Metabasites associations (metagabbros, eclogites, glaucophanites) from ophiolite suites (spreading ridge near a transform fault / back-arc setting).
Localities : Panavlies, Grizas, Vapori, Manna, Finikas and Charrasson.
Host rocks : polymetamorphic psammitic schists (flysch), marbles, acid gneisses, volcanoclastic schists and associated metabasites.

Sulphide mineralisations in schists and marbles.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Actinolite
Aegirine-augite
Albite
Almandine
Ankerite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Augite
Biotite
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'
Crossite
Dravite
Epidote
Ferroglaucophane
Fluor-dravite
Galena
'Garnet'
Glaucophane (TL)
Goethite
Hematite
Ilmenite
Jadeite
Lawsonite
var: Chromian Lawsonite
Magnesiohornblende
'Monazite'
Muscovite
Nybøite
Omphacite
Paragonite
Phengite
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile
'Serpentine Group'
Sphalerite
Stannite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Zircon


59 entries listed. 36 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

Greece
  • Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department

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References

- Okrusch, M. & Seidel, E. (1975): High-pressure metamorphism in the Cyclades crystalline formations (Greece). Fortschritte der Mineralogie 53, 63.
- Melidonis, Nicolaos Georgin & Constantinides, Demetrios Costi (1983): Stratabound sulfide mineralization of Syros (Cyclades, Greece). Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 134, 555-575.
- Okrusch, M. & Broecker, M. (1990): Eclogites associated with high-grade blueschists in the Cyclades Archipelago, Greece: A review. European Journal of Mineralogy 2, 451-78.
- Marschall, H. R., Ertl, A., Hughes, J. M. & McCammon, C. (2004): Metamorphic Na- and OH-rich disordered dravite with tetrahedral boron, associated with omphacite, from Syros, Greece: Chemistry and structure. European Journal of Mineralogy 16, 817-823.
- Marschall, Horst R.; Ludwig, Thomas; Altherr, Rainer; Kalt, Angelika & Tonarini, Sonia (2006): Syros metasomatic tourmaline: Evidence for very high-delta11B fluids in subduction zones. Journal of Petrology 47, 1915-1942.
- Katerinopoulou, A.; Katerinopoulos, A.; Bieniok, A.; Knop, E.; Magganas, A.; Amthauer, G. (2007): Crystal chemistry, structure analyses and phase transition experiment on an omphacite from eclogitic metagabbro from Syros island, Greece. Mineralogy and Petrology 91, 117-128.
- Schumacher, John C.; Brady, John B.; Cheney, John T.; Tonnsen, Robert R. (2008): Glaucophane-bearing marbles on Syros, Greece. Journal of Petrology 49, 1667-1686. [http://www.science.smith.edu/~jbrady/Papers/Syros_Marbles.pdf]

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