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

(Σκωριές Περιοχής Λαυρίου, Αττική, Ελλάδα)

This general "header" covers the minerals found at the ancient slag localities of the Lavrion District in the Attiki ("Attika," "Attica") Prefecture of Greece, which are noted for the rare minerals which were created by sea water chemically reacting with the costal slag heaps produced by processing ores mined inland from the slag sites during ancient times (mainly 500-200 B.C., but as early as 3000 B.C. at Thorikos). (There is a separate list for minerals found in the mines - see Lavrion District Mines.)
From north-northeast to south-southwest along the coast, the slags heaps were located on the shores and in the sea at the areas of Tourkolimanon, Vrissaki, St. Nikolas, Thorikos, Port of Lavrion (the only actual town), Oxygon, Panormos, Passa Limani, and Sounion. Nearly all of the slags are now gone from these sites; collecting them today requires scouring beaches and inter-tidal areas for materials that were not recovered from the sea. Most of the slags were actually dumped into the sea, and they still wash up from time to time. (NOTE: The editors of these pages could not ascertain the actual Type Localities for fiedlerite, laurionite, nealite, paralaurionite, and penfieldite. The samples from which these species were described were obtained from stockpiles at a smelter site, the materials gathered in from a number of different slag localites. They are therefore noted as "TL" species in this list, rather than in specific locality lists. It should be understood, though, that this is a unique situation, and that usually Type Localities are specific sites, NOT the District in general.)



References:
- Gelaude, P., van Kalmthout, P. and Rewitzer, C. (1996): Laurion – the minerals in the ancient slags. Authors publishing, The Netherlands, 195 pp.
- Hochleitner, R. (1986): Ludlockit aus den Schlacken von Lavrion. LAPIS 11 (6), 30
- Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1986): Neufunde in den Schlacken von Lavrion. LAPIS 11 (6), 25-29

- http://users.hol.gr/~minat/slags.htm




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Akaganeite
Amesite
Anglesite
Annabergite
Anthonyite
Antlerite
Aragonite
Atacamite
Barstowite
Beudantite
Bismoclite
Blixite
Boleite
Botallackite
Brochantite
Calcite
Caledonite
Calumetite
Cerussite
Chlorophoenicite
Chloroxiphite
Connellite
Copper
Cotunnite
Covellite
Creedite
Cumengeite
Cuprite
Cyanochroite
Cyanotrichite
Dadsonite
Damaraite
Diaboleite
Ecdemite
Ettringite
Feroxyhyte
Ferrihydrite
Fiedlerite (TL)
Fluorite
Freedite
Galena
Georgiadèsite (TL)
Gibbsite ?
Gilalite
Goethite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halite
Heliophyllite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hydrocerussite
Iodargyrite
Ktenasite
Lanarkite
Laurionite (TL)
Lavendulan
Lead
Leadhillite
Legrandite
Lepidocrocite
Linarite
Litharge
Lorettoite
Ludlockite
Macphersonite
Malachite
Mammothite
Massicot
Matlockite
Mendipite
Mimetite
Minium
Namuwite
Nealite (TL)
Olivenite
Paralaurionite (TL)
Parasymplesite
Paratacamite
Paulmooreite
Penfieldite (TL)
Perite
Pharmacosiderite
Phosgenite
Plattnerite
Plumbojarosite
Pseudoboleite
Schulenbergite
Scorodite
Serpierite
Shakhovite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Susannite
Symplesite
Thomsenolite
Thorikosite (TL)
'Unnamed (Orthorhombic dimorph of Barstowite)'
Veszelyite
Volborthite
Zincite


328 entries listed. 100 valid minerals. 7 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Greece
 
  • Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture
    • Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District
      • Lavrion District slag localities
        • Agios Nikolaos [St Nicholas] area
        • Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium)
        • Oxygon area
        • Panormos area
        • Passa Limani area
        • Thorikos area
        • Tourkolimanon area
        • Vrissaki area

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