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Baryte from
Kalamavros, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece


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Baryte

Kalamavros, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
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Baryte

Kalamavros, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
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Baryte

Kalamavros, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
00340790017272000323933.jpg
Baryte

Kalamavros, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
02181080017370848049487.jpg
Baryte

Kalamavros, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
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Baryte

Kalamavros, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Comments:Vuggy barite veins containing thin, platy crystals to thin bladed white crystals up to 1.5cm long in veins cutting altered rhyolite tuff.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kalamavros, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:48386
Long-form Identifier:1:3:48386:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘChondro Vouno, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘTriades Mine, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘGalana Mine, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘProfitis Ilias Au deposit, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘKondaros-Katsimouti, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘMilos Mine, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘCape Vani, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘPaliochori beach (Paleochori bay), Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
17.9km (11.1 miles) ⓘEastern Milos, Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘManganese mine, Korakies, Kimolos Island, Kimolos, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
References
Keith Wood collection
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
 
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