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Chalcanthite from
Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza mines, Km 3, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcanthite
Formula:CuSO4 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Drobecite1 photo of Chalcanthite associated with Drobecite at this locality.
Niedermayrite1 photo of Chalcanthite associated with Niedermayrite at this locality.
Katerinopoulosite1 photo of Chalcanthite associated with Katerinopoulosite at this locality.
Antlerite1 photo of Chalcanthite associated with Antlerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza mines, Km 3, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:61198
Long-form Identifier:1:3:61198:5
GUID (UUID V4):85c700c2-2873-4bb4-bfb2-90e927a898ad
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcanthite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Kamariza Dump, Kamariza mines (Kamareza mines), Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
1.9km (1.2 miles) Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
3.3km (2.1 miles) Plaka Mine No. 80, Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
3.5km (2.2 miles) Megala Pefka Mine No. 28 ("Sigia Mine"), Megala Pefka Mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
3.7km (2.3 miles) Plaka Sulfate Locality II, Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
3.9km (2.4 miles) Adami Mine No. 2, Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
3.9km (2.4 miles) Plaka Sulfate Locality, Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
4.3km (2.7 miles) Fernando Mine No. 1, Agrileza mines, Lophos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
4.9km (3.0 miles) Maria Mine, Agrileza mines, Lophos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
4.9km (3.1 miles) Adit No. 16, Villia mines, Elaiochori, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOUDOURISITE AND LAZARIDISITE FROM LAVRION MINING DISTRICT, GREECE Title: Voudourisite, Cd(SO4)·H2O...lazaridisite, Cd3(SO4)3·8H2O, two new minerals from the Lavrion Mining District, Greece Authors: BRANKO RIECK...Geozentrum, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Wien, Austria [Received 3 April 2018; Accepted 2 September 2018; Associate Editor:...Cd3(SO4)3·8H2O, are two new minerals from the Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza Area, Lavrion Mining District, Greece...Greece. The small ancient mine also is the type-locality of niedermayrite and katerinopoulosite. Further
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Review The Lavrion Mines: A Unique Site of Geological and Mineralogical Heritage Panagiotis...Constantinos Mavrogonatos 1 , Adonis Photiades 3 , Eugenia Moraiti 3 , Branko Rieck 4 , Uwe Kolitsch 5 , Alexandre...Athanasios Katerinopoulos 1 and Stefanos Zaimis 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   Citation: Voudouris...; Scheffer, C.; Morin, D.; 13 et al. The Lavrion Mines: A Unique 14 Site of Geological and Mineralogical...Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece; kmavrogon@geol.uoa.gr (C.M.); soukis@geol.uoa
Report (issue)
Lazaridisite Cd3(SO4)3·8H2O Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. and rounded crystals or crusts...Tenacity: Brittle. Fracture: Conchoidal Hardness = ~3 D(meas.) = 3.10(5) D(calc.) = 3.088 Nonfluorescent...813(3) b = 11.902(2) c = 9.466(2) β = 97.38(1)° Z=4 X-Ray Diffraction Pattern: Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza...Kaminiza area, Lavrion Mining District, Greece. 6.860 (100), 5.965 (84), 3.109 (83), 3.608(82), 3.727 (78)... 18.73 100.00 (1) Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza area, Lavrion Mining District, Greece; average electron microprobe
Report (issue)
Tenacity: Brittle. Fracture: Conchoidal Hardness = ~3 D(meas.) = 3.80(5) D(calc.) = 3.838 Nonfluorescent...Diffraction Pattern: Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza area, Lavrion Mining District, Greece. 3.578 (100), 4.890...35 7.96 100.00 (1) Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza area, Lavrion Mining District, Greece; average electron microprobe...edwardsite, chalcanthite, gypsum, greenockite. Distribution: At the Esperanza Mine, Kaminiza area, #19...#19 Mine, Ano Sounio area, and at the North Mine, Villia area, Lavrion Mining District, Greece. Name: Honors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(NH4)2Zn(SO4)2·6H2O, a new mineral from the Esperanza mine, Lavrion, Greece NIKITA V. CHUKANOV1,*, IGOR V. PEKOV2...University, Vorobievy Gory, Moscow Region 119991, Russia 3 Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy...Russia 5 Ergatikes Katoikies STX 29, 19500 Lavrion, Attiki, Greece Section of Mineralogy and Petrology, Department...University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis 15784, Athens, Greece Abstract: Katerinopoulosite, a new picromerite-group...was discovered in the Esperanza mine, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece. The new mineral occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu4Cd(SO4)2(OH)6-4H20, a new mineral from the Lavrion Mining District, Greece G. Giester 1, B. Rieck 1, and F. Brandst~tter...discovered in 1995 in the Km3-area of the Lavrion mining district, Greece. It forms tiny euhedral plates, commonly...Associated secondary minerals are gypsum, malachite, chalcanthite, brochanfite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, aurichalcite...parallel {010}. Optics: biaxial ( - ) with na(calc.), n/3, and n'7= 1.609, 1.642(2), and 1.661(2), respectively;...orientation na//b. The calculated density is 3.292gcm -3. The most prominent form is {010}. Analysis by electron
Report (issue)
within which anthodite crusts separate anthodites to 3 cm long and to 5 mm thick. Physical Properties: Cleavage:...X-ray Powder Pattern: Esperanza mine, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece. 4.161 (100), 3.749 (53)...92 20.26 100.00 (1) Esperanza mine, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece; average of 5 EDS analyses...calcite marble and mica schist. Association: Chalcanthite, nickelboussingaultite, ammoniojarosite, aurichalcite...Distribution: From the Esperanza mine, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece. Name: Honors Greek geologist
Book (volume)
crystal-chemical formula is N(1)3N(2)3N(3)3N(4)3N(5)3M(1)6M(2)3–6M(3)M (4)Z3[Si24O72]O0 4–6X2 where N(1–5)...Fe; M(2) ¼ Fe, Mn, Na, Zr, Ta, Ti, K, Ba, H3O; M(3) and M(4) ¼ Si, S, Nb, Ti, W, Na; Z ¼ Zr, Ti, Nb;...-dominant), (2) golyshevite (CO32 -dominant) and (3) feklichevite (Cl -dominant) first determined as...are considered below. 1.1 The Discrete Approach 3 Fig. 1.2 IR spectrum of kyanoxalite from Alluaiv...independent tetrahedral sites from 3 to 5 (from 1 to 2 for Be and from 2 to 3 for P). As a result, additional
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Milano, Via Mangiagalli, 34, 20133 Milano, Italy 3 CSIRO Mineral Resources, ARRC, 26 Dick Perry Avenue...Museum, London, Great Britain, from the Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (29°48′N, 109°40′W)....silver mine, Andreasberg, Harz mountains, Germany (BM57605) and freibergite from Beschert Glück mine, Freiberg...Freiberg district, Saxony, Germany (Senckenberg Museum Collection, Frankfurt, Germany; specimen #2289Sa)...= 160 (148–172) kg/mm2, corresponding to ~4 and ~3 of Mohs scale, respectively. Neither measured nor
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relevance of AMD-precipitates from the Tharsis mines, Iberian Pyrite Belt (SW, Spain) T. Valente a,b...solid phases associated to acid mine drainage (AMD) at the Tharsis mines (SW Spain). It provides an inventory...reserved. 1. Introduction Acid mine drainage (AMD) from abandoned mines is an important area of environmental...(generically represented by the ferrichydroxide Fe(OH)3(s) in rxn (1) that form from processes such as evaporation...that form in the AMD setting found at the Tharsis mines (SW Spain). Tharsis is among the largest massive
Journal (issue)
prospector, miner, and operator of the Crystal Peak Gem Mines, he also mentored others who succeeded him, including... among the best collected from the area. Figure 3: Two examples of inexpensive "wires• designed by Jerry...Charlottesville, VA 22901-1 160 July20I9 Mineral 3 1ews Figure 6: Jerry and Thelma Hurianek collecting...left Florissant in his later years. he deeded his mining claims to several area rock clubs and private individuals...places we visited included the Crystal !\fountain district in Larimer County. and an astrophyllite locality
Report (issue)
.................................................3 Physical Description of Deposit.....................selected deposits, worldwide..................38 3. Sulfide, supergene, and alteration mineralogy in...1–4-km depth are genetically related to magma reservoirs emplaced into the shallow crust (6–8+ km), predominantly...composition, in magmatic arcs above subduction zones; 3. Intrusive rock complexes that are emplaced immediately...Indonesia, and Bingham in the United States.    3 Regional Environment Geotectonic Environment Porphyry
Thesis/Dissertation
The mineralogy of the Mapimí mining district, Durango, Mexico Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction...net/10150/565169 THE MINERALOGY OF THE MAPIMl' MINING DISTRICT, DURANGO, MEXICO by Victor Joseph Hoffmann...__ entitled The Mineralogy of the Mapimi Mining District,______ Durango, Mexico______________________________...Mexican Government for permission to collect at the mines and to take the samples from their country for study...in obtaining samples from the mines and offered information on the mine locations and their access. Mr
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ground magnetic data in Suyoc, Mankayan Mineral District, Philippines Creszyl Joy J. Arellano1 | Leo T...Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines 3 Itogon-Suyoc Resources Inc., Suyoc, Mankayan, Benguet...conducted by Dimalanta (1996) in the Baguio Mineral District (BMD) showed that intrusive bodies and skarn or...porphyry coppergold deposits in the Masara Gold District in eastern Mindanao. The epithermal and porphyry...shows a low RTP anomaly. The Mankayan Mineral District (MMD), which is a major source of copper and gold
Report (issue)
54 0.35 0.03 0.10 [25.54] 0.15 (2) 48.00 25.72 (3) 49.88 24.87 26.6 25.25 Total [99.98] 100.3 100...difference. (2) Cerro de Pasco, Peru, H2 O by TGA. (3) H5 FeO2 (SO4 )2 • 2H2 O. Occurrence: An uncommon...especially in an arid climate; typically of post-mining origin. Association: Szomolnokite, copiapite, römerite...halotrichite, melanterite, chalcanthite, pyrite. Distribution: From Smolnı́k (Szomolnok), 16 km northeast of Rožňava...mercury deposit, Gorlovka, Ukraine. At the Esperanza mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru. In Chile, from Alcaparrosa
Book
Editors. SPENCER . . R. TirLey has worked as a mining geologist in the western United States in both...his undergraduate work at the Colorado School of Mines and earned the doctorate from the University of...Bureau of Mines. He arrived in Arizona in 1918, with a B. S. degree from the Missouri School of Mines. After...Army, he joined the staff of the Arizona Bureau of Mines. During his first few years with the Bureau he collaborated...Range Province, and work on a number of individual mining districts and on numerous mineral commodities.
Book
Spanish-English, English-Spanish glossary of gem, mineral and mining terms. BY PAUL WILLARD JOHNSON Price $2.00 r...El Antimonio District Cananea District ...... Arizpe District ........... Nacozari District ...... Moctezuma...Moctezuma District ... Hermosillo District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District...SECTION 2 — Highway 45 Sabinal District ............... Los Lamentos District.... Placer de Guadalupe Puerto...Aire District Chihuahua .......................... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine.....
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Wa “aaa Xj ower Od 0UINDED ° onosi3 Yosuosng 3 Y L } ojontouono wi so} Rear ¥,0200@ ai lop o0W ...odojorO o; weed) ae), 22u01g oye ono 0q0p109 oy 3 ep poe ay, ry & Ps Se ae antes Per WIVOXVIs NS...SGution non ari ons? 030) ~ (0j21A pnidy Oi jee 3 Bee pe20 ie soar ge\ 2 A Yo,< BAS 0499. Sy) owsjeo...=o @ sus & fod » 4° / SOIPDIG 002 asain 0 3@)060 5ouajopoow Non i e N souly ** ~eoayou0D...The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission
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Świerk 2 , Rafał Siuda 3 , Eligiusz Szeł˛eg 4 and Beata Marciniak-Maliszewska 3 1 2 3 4 * Institute of...in Rudna IX mine. A non-bulky Ca-rich dripstone-like paragenesis from Lubin Główny mine is also characterized...study—from a single locality in Chile: Santa Rosa mine, Iquique Province [1]. It is the natural equivalent...Mosset et al. [3]. A second occurrence of juangodoyite, within drainage-related mine speleothems (minothems)...(minothems) of the Libiola Mine, Italy, was reported in Reference [4]. Chalconatronite occurrences are restricted
Report (volume)
characterized by a low tenor of galena. At most mines ore is mined selectively, crushed, and concentrated...bodies in most deposits precludes larger scale mining or mechanizations of operations, and it is concluded...small mills in other districts would also permit mining of lower grade ore. Replacement deposits of lead-zinc...districts and copper sulfldes in the Antamina-Contonga district contain large reserves of possibly minable material...investments in roads, concentrating plants, and mining machinery. INTRODUCTION The Andean mineral province
Book (edition)
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Book
11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950...Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral
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^ direct consequence of the discoveryand defi- 50-km-wide, subhorizontalplateau which narrows nitionof...Andean Cordillera of Chile. gate area, roughly200 X 50 km in extent,between latitudes 26o00' and 28ø00' S and...opmentof a seriesof horstsandgrabens (Figs.2 and 3). The grabenscontrol a number of closedbasins, suchasthe...MaricungaandLagunadel Negro Francisco(Figs.2 and 3), which are sitesof saltlakes (salares) in whichevaporitedeposits...Volc•tnCopiap6massif(6,052 m), which encompasses an areaof 25 X 15 km andincludesat least Cordillera of northern Chile
 
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