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Rhodochrosite from
Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece


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Rhodochrosite

Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
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Rhodochrosite

Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
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Rhodochrosite, etc.

Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
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Rhodochrosite

Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
02052000017272024414332.jpg
Rhodochrosite

Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
02541770017272024775495.jpg
Rhodochrosite

Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
02224890017272024783020.jpg
Rhodochrosite, etc.

Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
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Rhodochrosite

Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
02052000017272024414332.jpg
Rhodochrosite

Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
02541770017272024775495.jpg
Rhodochrosite

Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
02224890017272024783020.jpg
Rhodochrosite, etc.

Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
03628440017272024799952.jpg
Rhodochrosite

Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodochrosite
Formula:MnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite4
Quartz3
Bournonite2
Dolomite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodochrosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Olympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:39751
Long-form Identifier:1:3:39751:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodochrosite
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘMavres Petres, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘPiavitza, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘMadem-Lakkos, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
72.7km (45.2 miles) ⓘPalea Kavala deposit, Kavala, Kavala, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
79.0km (49.1 miles) ⓘMavro Xylo Mine, Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
84.5km (52.5 miles) ⓘKato Nevrokopi village, Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
References
antigoldgreece.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/olympiasreport43-10114_07_11_final-2.pdf
Kalogeropoulos, S. I., Kilias, S. P., Bitzios, D. C., Nicolaou, M., Both, R. A. (1989) Genesis of the Olympias carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn (Au, Ag) sulfide ore deposit, eastern Chalkidiki Peninsula, northern Greece. Economic Geology, 84 (5) 1210-1234 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.84.5.1210
Betts, John (n.d.) John Betts website listing.
Michailidis, K. & Sofianska, E. (2010): Spheroidal and radiating aggregates of Mn-pyroxenoids in the Olympias carbonate-hosted polymetallic sulfide ore deposit, E. Chalkidiki peninsula, N. Greece. Spisanie na Bulgarskoto Geologichesko Druzhestvo 71, 59-68.
 
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