This general "header" covers the minerals found in the many mines of the Lavrion District of Attiki, Greece. (There is a separate list for the ancient slag localities.)
The name Lavrion is also often spelled "Laurium" (the ancient Latin spelling) and "Laurion" (which is the Anglicized version); "Lavrion" is the closest transliteration from the Greek alphabet and should be preferred. (Attiki is also often spelled either "Attika" or "Attica"; but - again - "Attiki" is the closest transliteration from the Greek alphabet.)
The various mines - and there are quite a few of them - are located within or near the town of Lavrion; the villages of Plaka and Agios Konstantinos (St. Constantine - previously named Kamareza, which is also often spelled "Kamariza," "Kameresa" and even "Camariza"); and in the "Areas" known as Elafos, Thorikos, Sounion, Soureza, Vromopoussi, etc... (There are very few actual towns or villages in the District - just the three named above - so the geography is described in many cases by "Areas" - such as the Sounion Area, which is an area south of Lavrion which is famous for its ancient Greek temple.) Some of the mines are: Adami #02, Christiana, Jean Baptiste, Hilarion, Km-3 ("Km-3" referes to the Lavrion-Agios Konstantinos road kilometer marker the mine is near), Plaka mine #80, Serperi, Sounion mine #06 ("Exi" mine), and Sounion mine #19. There are others. The numbers are part of a district-wide (not town- or area-specific) numbering system devised by geologists and collectors to distinguish the many mines who's names have been lost in the mists of time.
NOTES:
- Several mines in the District are the type locality for species on this list. These are noted in the specific mine list for each species. The District is NOT the type locality for any of them, though - specific mines are.
- There are NO "Km-2" and "Km-4" mines, which some materials have been labeled as coming from. The correct locality for specimens labeled thusly is usually the "Km-3" mine. The name "Adayir" seems to be a fictitious name for the Adami mine #02.
References:- Elbin, K. and Wendel, W. (1996): Lavendulan aus Laurion. Lapis: 21(11): 42-43 (in German).
- Rieck, B. (1999) Seltene Arsenate aus der Kamariza und weitere Neufunde aus Lavrion. Lapis: 24(7-8): 68-76, 90 (in German).
- Wendel, W. and Markl, G. (1999): Lavrion: mineralogische Klassiker und Raritäten für Sammler. Lapis 24 (7-8), 34-52; 90.
- Wendel, W. (2000) Laurion-News 2000. Lapis: 25(10): 45-47. (in German)
- Möckel, S. (2001): Wallkilldellit und weitere acht Neubestimmungen aus Lavrion, Griechenland. Lapis: 26(11): 43 (in German).
- Gröbner, J. & Kolitsch, U. (2002): Neufunde von Laurion aus den Jahren 2001 und 2002. Aufschluss 53 (5-6), 363-371 (in German).
- Skarpelis, N. (2007): The Lavrion deposit (SE Attica, Greece): geology, mineralogy and minor elements chemistry. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen, 183, 227-249.
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http://www.wagnerul.de/MINERAL/Lavrion.htm
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http://www.lavrion.at/
1343 entries listed. 382 valid minerals. 12 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).
