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Rhodochrosite from
Kato Nevrokopi village, Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Rhodochrosite
Formula:MnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodochrosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kato Nevrokopi village, Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:196246
Long-form Identifier:1:3:196246:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodochrosite
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘMavro Xylo Mine, Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘPalea Kavala deposit, Kavala, Kavala, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
84.5km (52.5 miles) ⓘOlympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
85.2km (53.0 miles) ⓘRibnitsa deposit, Rudozem Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
87.5km (54.4 miles) ⓘMogilata deposit, Septemvri Mine, Madan Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
89.2km (55.4 miles) ⓘPiavitza, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
89.3km (55.5 miles) ⓘBellevica deposit, Zlatograd Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
89.6km (55.7 miles) ⓘBatantsi deposit, Batantsi Mine, Madan Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
89.9km (55.8 miles) ⓘKrushev dol Mine, Madan Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
91.0km (56.6 miles) ⓘMavres Petres, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
References
Miltiadis Nimfopoulos (1988) Age of hydrothermal manganese mineralization near Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, northern Greece. Transactions of the AIME B 97:B193-B195
Michailidis, K. M., Nicholson, K., Nimfopoulos, M. K., Pattrick, R. A. D. (1997) An EPMA and SEM study of the Mn-oxide mineralization of Kato Nevrokopi, Macedonia, northern Greece: Controls on formation of the Mn4+ oxides, in Manganese Mineralization: Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Terrestrial and Marine Deposits. Special Publication, 119. Geological Society of London. 265-280 doi:10.1144/gsl.sp.1997.119.01.17
 
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