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Baryte from
Cape Vani, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece


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Baryte

Cape Vani, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
06588730017272034378926.jpg
Baryte

Cape Vani, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
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Baryte

Cape Vani, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Comments:Barite occurs in the manganese pits and elsewhere around this area as white crystals up to 5cm.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cape Vani, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:45478
Long-form Identifier:1:3:45478:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘKondaros-Katsimouti, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘGalana Mine, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘTriades Mine, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
6.5km (4.1 miles) ⓘChondro Vouno, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘKalamavros, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘProfitis Ilias Au deposit, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘMilos Mine, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘEastern Milos, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
16.8km (10.4 miles) ⓘPaliochori beach (Paleochori bay), Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘManganese mine, Korakies, Kimolos Island, Kimolos, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
References
Hein, J. R.
Stamatakis, M. G.
Kilias, S.P.
Ivarsson, M.
Fru, E.C.
Rattray, J.E.
Gustafsson, H.
Naden, J.
Dowling, J. S. (2000): Trace metal-rich Quaternary hydrothermal manganese oxide and barite deposit, Milos Island, Greece. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 109, B67-B76.
Ivarsson, M., Kilias, S. P., Broman, C., Naden, J., & Detsi, K. (2010). Fossilized microorganisms preserved as fluid inclusions in epithermal veins, Vani Mn-Ba deposit, Milos Island, Greece.
KILIAS, S. P. (2012). MICROBIAL MAT–RELATED STRUCTURES IN THE QUATERNARY CAPE VANI MANGANESE-OXIDE (-BARITE) DEPOSIT, NW MILOS ISLAND, GREECE. Microbial Mats in Siliciclastic Depositional Systems Through Time, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication, 101, 97-100.
Kilias, Stephanos P., Ivarsson, Magnus, Chi Fru, Ernest Chi, Rattray, Jayne E., Gustafsson, Håkan, Naden, Jonathan, Detsi, Kleopatra (2020) Precipitation of Mn Oxides in Quaternary Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures (MISS), Cape Vani Paleo-Hydrothermal Vent Field, Milos, Greece. Minerals, 10 (6) 536 doi:10.3390/min10060536
Vasilatos, Charalampos, Kampouroglou, Evdokia E., Megremi, Ifigeneia, Economou-Eliopoulos, Maria (2022) Bio-Geochemical Processes: Insights from Fe-Mn Mineralization in the Aegean Sea (Greece). Minerals, 12 (10). 1303 doi:10.3390/min12101303
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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