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Pyrite from
Maroneia, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece


Locality type:Area
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Maroneia, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:201902
Long-form Identifier:1:3:201902:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘMavrokoryfi prospect, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘPerama Hill deposit, Alexandroupoli, Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘNea Petra, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘAgia Barbara prospect, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘViper deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
23.9km (14.8 miles) ⓘAgios Demetrios deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
23.9km (14.8 miles) ⓘProfiits Ilias, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘKassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘKonos Hill deposit, Kassiteres-Sapes area, Maroneia-Sapes, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
27.9km (17.4 miles) ⓘPagoni Rachi prospect, Alexandroupoli, Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
References
Melfos, V.
Voudouris, P.
Melfou, M.
Sánchez, M.G.
Papadopoulou, L.
Filippidis, A.
Spry, P.G.
Schaarschmidt, A.
Klemd, R.
Haase, K.M.
Tarantola, A.
Vavelidis, Michael, Melfos, Vasiπos (1997) Two plumbian tetrahedrite-tennantite occurrences from Maronia area (Thrace) and Milos island (Aegean sea), Greece. European Journal of Mineralogy, 9 (3) 653-658 doi:10.1127/ejm/9/3/0653
Melfos, Vasilios, Vavelidis, Michael, Christofides, Georgios, Seidel, Eberhard (2002) Origin and evolution of the Tertiary Maronia porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit, Thrace, Greece. Mineralium Deposita, 37 (6) 648-668 doi:10.1007/s00126-002-0277-4
Voudouris, Panagiotis, Melfos, Vasilios, Spry, Paul, Bindi, Luca, Moritz, Robert, Ortelli, Melissa, Kartal, Tamara (2013) Extremely Re-Rich Molybdenite from Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Prospects in Northeastern Greece: Mode of Occurrence, Causes of Enrichment, and Implications for Gold Exploration. Minerals, 3 (2) 165-191 doi:10.3390/min3020165
Melfos, Vasilios, Voudouris, Panagiotis, Melfou, Margarita, Sánchez, Matías G., Papadopoulou, Lambrini, Filippidis, Anestis, Spry, Paul G., Schaarschmidt, Anna, Klemd, Reiner, Haase, Karsten M., Tarantola, Alexandre, Mavrogonatos, Constantinos (2020) Mineralogical Constraints on the Potassic and Sodic-Calcic Hydrothermal Alteration and Vein-Type Mineralization of the Maronia Porphyry Cu-Mo ± Re ± Au Deposit in NE Greece. Minerals, 10 (2) 182 doi:10.3390/min10020182
Vasilatos, Charalampos, Papoutsa, Angeliki (2023) The REE-Zr-U-Th Minerals of the Maronia Monzodiorite, N. Greece: Implications on the Saturation and Segregation Mechanisms of Critical Metals in Intermediate–Mafic Compositions. Minerals, 13 (10). 1256 doi:10.3390/min13101256
 
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