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Baryte from
Chondro Vouno, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece


Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chondro Vouno, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:45469
Long-form Identifier:1:3:45469:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘKalamavros, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘTriades Mine, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘGalana Mine, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘKondaros-Katsimouti, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘProfitis Ilias Au deposit, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
6.5km (4.1 miles) ⓘCape Vani, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘMilos Mine, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘPaliochori beach (Paleochori bay), Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘEastern Milos, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘManganese mine, Korakies, Kimolos Island, Kimolos, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
References
Alfieris, D., and Voudouris, P. (2005) Ore mineralogy of transitional submarine to subaerial magmatic-hydrothermal deposits in Western Milos, Greece. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Geochemistry Mineralogy and Petrology, Sofia, Bulgaria, IGCP Project, 486.
Voudouris, Panagiotis, Melfos, Vasilios, Mavrogonatos, Constantinos, Tarantola, Alexandre, Gӧtze, Jens, Alfieris, Dimitrios, Maneta, Victoria, Psimis, Ioannis (2018) Amethyst Occurrences in Tertiary Volcanic Rocks of Greece: Mineralogical, Fluid Inclusion and Oxygen Isotope Constraints on Their Genesis. Minerals, 8 (8) 324 doi:10.3390/min8080324
Wind, Sandra C.; Hannington, Mark D.; Schneider, David A.; Fietzke, Jan; Kilias, Stephanos P.; Bruce Gemmell, J. (2023) Origin of Hydrothermal Barite in Polymetallic Veins and Carbonate-Hosted Deposits of the Cyclades Continental Back Arc. Economic Geology, 118 (8). 1959-1994 doi:10.5382/econgeo.5028
 
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