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

Ilvaite
Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department, Greece

Photo: Rob Lavinsky
Latitude: 37°9'N
Longitude: 24°30'E
Σέριφος, Κυκλάδες, Ελλάδα



Note: Prase from Serifos is quartz colored green by inclusions of fibrous actinolite, not hedenbergite (Hyrsl and Niedermayr, 2003).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Actinolite
Albite
Allanite-(Ce)
Andradite
Ankerite
Antlerite ?
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arseniosiderite
Atacamite
Azurite
Baryte
Beudantite
Biotite
Brochantite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copper
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Fluorite
Galena
'Garnet'
Glaucophane
Goethite
Graphite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Ilvaite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides
var: Manganese Dendrites'

Muscovite
var: Sericite

Nantokite
Orthoclase
Pharmacosiderite
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Prase
'Scapolite'
Sepiolite
Siderite
Spangolite
Sphalerite
Szaibélyite
Talc
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Wollastonite


73 entries listed. 47 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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References

- Marinos, G. (1951): Geology and metallogenesis of Serifos Island. Geol. Geophys. Survey Athens 95-125; in English, 126-127.
- Hanauer, A. (1978): Serifos - das Elba Griechenlands. Lapis, 3 (5), 12ff (in German).
- Heinrich, G. (1979): Über die westlichen Kykladen, insbesondere Seriphos, und deren historische und mineralogische Bedeutung. Aufschluss 30, 150-162. (in German)
- Gauthier, G. & Albandakis, N. (1991): Minerals of the Seriphos Skarn, Greece. Mineralogical Record, 22, 303-308.
- Vogt, M. (1991): Serifos - die Mineralien-Insel in der griechischen Ägäis. Lapis, 16 (4), 26ff (in German).
- Rottenmanner, G. (2004): Schatzinsel Serifos. Der Steirische Mineralog, H. 19, 42-47 (in German).
- St. Seymour, K.; Zouzias, D.; Tombros, S.; Kolaiti, E. (2009): Geochemistry of the Serifos pluton (Cycladic islands) and associated iron oxide and sulfide ores: Skarn or metamorphosed exhalite deposits? Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 186, 249-270.
- Hyrsl, J.; Niedermayr, G. (2003): Magic Worlds - Inclusion in Quartz

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