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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.





Mineral List:
Actinolite
Albite
Almandine
Ankerite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Augite
Biotite
Calcite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'
Crossite
Epidote
Ferroglaucophane
'Garnet Group'
Glaucophane (TL)
Hematite
Ilmenite
Jadeite
Lawsonite
Magnesiohornblende
Omphacite
Paragonite
Phengite
'Pumpellyite'
Quartz
Rutile
'Serpentine Group'
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Zircon


32 entries listed. 22 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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