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Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece

Latitude: 37°42'N
Longitude: 24°3'E
Ορυχεία Περιοχής Λαυρίου, Αττική, Ελλάδα

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 whose 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 this way is usually the "Km-3" mine. The name "Adayir" seems to be a fictitious name for the Adami mine #02.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
var: Alumino Adamite
var: Cobaltoan Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
var: Manganoan Adamite
var: Nickeloan Adamite
'Agardite'
Agardite-(Ce)
Agardite-(La)
Agardite-(Nd) (TL)
Agardite-(Y)
Aikinite
Albite
Allophane
Aluminocopiapite
Alunogen
Anatase
Andorite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Annabergite
var: Magnesian Annabergite
Antimony
Antlerite
Aplowite
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Arfvedsonite
Argentojarosite
Argentopyrite
Arsendescloizite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenobismite
Arsenocrandallite
Arsenogorceixite
Arsenogoyazite
Arsenolamprite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Arsentsumebite
Arthurite
Artinite
Arzrunite
Asbolane
Atacamite
Atelestite
Attikaite (TL)
Aubertite
Aurichalcite
Aurorite
Austinite
var: Cuprian Austinite
Azurite
Baileychlore
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Bastnäsite-(La)
Bayldonite
Beaverite-(Cu)
Berthierite
Betekhtinite
Beudantite
Beyerite
Bianchite
Biotite
Bismite
Bismoclite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Boleite
Bornite
Botallackite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Boyleite
Brianyoungite
Briartite
Brochantite
Brookite
Brucite
Bukovskýite ?
Calcite
Caledonite
Carbonatecyanotrichite
Carminite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chenevixite
Chenite
Chlorargyrite
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
Claringbullite
Claudetite
Clinoatacamite ?
Clinoclase
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cobaltaustinite
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copiapite
Copper
Coquimbite
Corkite
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Cosalite
Cotunnite
Covellite
Creedite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cumengeite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Cuprocopiapite
Cyanotrichite
Dadsonite
Delafossite
Descloizite
Devilline
Diaboleite
Diaphorite
Digenite
Dimorphite
Diopside
Djurleite
Dolomite
Drobecite (TL)
Dufrénite ?
Duftite
Dundasite
Dypingite
Dyscrasite
Dzhalindite
Elyite
Emplectite
Enargite
Endellite
Epsomite
Erythrite
Euchroite
'Falkmanite'
Famatinite
Feinglosite ?
Fibroferrite
Fluorite
Fornacite
Fraipontite
Freibergite
Fülöppite
Gaitite
Galena
Gartrellite
Gaspéite
Gearksutite
Germanite
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
Glaucocerinite (TL)
Glaukosphaerite ?
Goethite
Gold
Goldichite
Gorceixite
Gordaite
Goslarite
Goudeyite
Grandreefite
Greenockite
Groutite
Guérinite
Gunningite
'Gustavite-Lillianite Series'
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Hawleyite
Hedenbergite
Heinrichite
Helmutwinklerite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Herbertsmithite
Hetaerolite
Heteromorphite
Hexahydrite
Hidalgoite
Hilarionite (TL)
Hinsdalite
Hisingerite
Hohmannite
Hollandite
Honessite
Hörnesite
Huntite
Hydrocerussite
Hydrohetaerolite
Hydromagnesite
Hydroniumjarosite
Hydrotalcite
Hydrowoodwardite
Hydrozincite
Ilmenite
Jamesite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Johannite
'Kamarezite'
Kamarizaite (TL)
Kaňkite
Kaolinite
Kapellasite (TL)
Kermesite
Kettnerite
Keyite
Kieserite
Kolwezite
Koritnigite
Kornelite
Köttigite
Krausite
Kröhnkite
Krupkaite
Ktenasite (TL)
Kyrgyzstanite
Lanarkite
Langite
Laurelite
Lautenthalite
Lavendulan
Leadhillite
Legrandite
Lemanskiite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Linarite
Litharge
Lizardite
Löllingite
Ludjibaite
Luzonite
Magnesiocopiapite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Mahnertite
Malachite
Maldonite
Manganite
Mapimite
Marcasite
Massicot
Matildite
Matlockite
Mawbyite
Meixnerite
Melanterite
Mereiterite (TL)
Metavoltine
Miargyrite
Microcline
Millerite
Millosevichite
Mimetite
Mimetite-M
Minium
Mixite
Molybdenite
Monteponite
Mooihoekite
Morenosite
Mummeite
Murdochite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Namuwite
Natroalunite
Natroglaucocerinite (TL)
Natrojarosite
Népouite
Nesquehonite
Nickelaustinite
Nickelhexahydrite
Nickeline
Nickellotharmeyerite
Niedermayrite (TL)
Nontronite
Nordstrandite
Ojuelaite
Olivenite
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Orthoserpierite
Osarizawaite
Otavite
Ourayite
Owyheeite
Oxyplumboroméite
Pääkkönenite
Paracoquimbite
Paradamite
Paramelaconite
Parasymplesite
Paratacamite
Parnauite
Percylite
Petrukite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Philipsbornite
Philipsburgite
Phosgenite
Pickeringite
Picropharmacolite
Pitticite
Plattnerite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Polyhalite
Posnjakite
Preisingerite ?
Proustite
Pseudoboleite
Pseudocotunnite ?
'Psilomelane'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrostilpnite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Milky Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
Quenstedtite
Ralstonite ?
Ramdohrite
Rammelsbergite
Ramsdellite
Ransomite
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Richelsdorfite
Robinsonite
Romanèchite
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite

Römerite
Rooseveltite
Rosasite
var: Nickeloan Rosasite
Rosickýite
Rösslerite
Rozenite
Rutile
Safflorite
Sainfeldite
Saponite
Sauconite
Scheelite
Schulenbergite
Schultenite
Scorodite
Scrutinyite
Segnitite
Semseyite
Senaite
Sénarmontite
Sepiolite
Serpierite (TL)
Shannonite
Shubnikovite ?
Siderite
Siderotil
Silver
Slavíkite
Smithsonite
var: Cuprian Smithsonite
Spangolite
Sphalerite
Spherocobaltite
Starkeyite
Stephanite
Stibarsen
Stibioenargite
Stibnite
Strashimirite ?
Sulphur
Symplesite
Takovite
Talmessite
Talnakhite
Tamarugite
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
Thometzekite
Tooeleite
Trippkeite
Tripuhyite
Troilite
Tsumcorite
Tyrolite
UM1992-30-SO:CCuHZn
Valentinite
Vanadinite
Vauquelinite
Veenite
Vernadite
Veszelyite
Vladimirite
Voltaite
'Wad'
Wallkilldellite-(Mn)
Warikahnite
Willemite
Wittichenite
Woodruffite
Woodwardite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthiosite
Xanthoconite
Zaccagnaite
Zálesíite
Zdenĕkite
'Zeiringite'
Zincaluminite (TL)
Zincmelanterite
Zincocopiapite
Zincolivenite (TL)
Zincowoodwardite (TL)
Zincrosasite
Zinkenite


503 entries listed. 408 valid minerals. 14 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

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References

- August Boeckh (1818): Über die Silberminen von Laurion. Berlin, xx pp (in German).
- Édouard Ardaillon (1897): Les Mines du Laurion dans l'Antiquité. Paris, Fontemoing, xx pp.
- Édouard Ardaillon (1911): Les Mines du Laurion dans l'antiquité", No. Ixxvii. of the Bibliothéque des Ecoles francaises d'Athênes et de Rome. In: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition]
- Marinos, G. & Petrascheck, W. E. (1956): Geology and ore deposits of Laurium. Inst. geol. geophys. Meletai 4 (No. 1), 1-247; English 223-236.
- Conophagos, C. E. (1980): Le Laurium antique et la technique grecque de la production de l'argent. Ekdotike Hellados (National Technical University), Athens, Greece, 458 pp (in French).
- Niedermayr, G. (1982): Neues von Lavrion. Spangolith der Oxidationszone. LAPIS 7 (6), 16-17.
- Knoll, O. (1988): Ore mineralogy and fluid inclusions on Pb-Zn ores from Lavrion/Greece. Thesis, University of Hamburg, 72 pp.
- Katerinopoulos, A. & Zissimopoulou, E. (1994): Minerals of the Lavrion mines. The Greek Association of Mineral and Fossil Collectors, Athens, Greece, 304 pp. (in Greek)
- 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.
- Claude Domergue (2008): Les mines antiques: la production des métaux aux époques grecque et romaine, Picard, xx pp.
- Bonsall, T. A.; Spry, P. G.; Voudouris, P. Ch.; Tombros, S.; Seymour, K. St.; Melfos, V. (2011): The geochemistry of carbonate-replacement Pb-Zn-Ag mineralization in the Lavrion district, Attica, Greece: fluid inclusion, stable isotope, and rare earth element studies. Economic Geology 106, 619-651.


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